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Re: [Help-gsl] area and volume
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Joakim Hove |
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Re: [Help-gsl] area and volume |
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Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:54:36 +0100 |
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"Fred J." <address@hidden> writes:
> Is there a way of calculating the area between 2
> curves using gsl?
[....]
> And then determining the volume of the solid obtained
> by rotating the region about the x axis.
Well, you got to start with pen and paper; eventually it is reduced to
a 1D integration problem and *then* gsl can help you. See the section
Numerical Integration in the manual.
HTH - Joakim
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