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@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ - -\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@c %**start of header +\input texinfo @setfilename mpc.info @settitle MPC @value{VERSION} @synindex tp fn @iftex @afourpaper @end iftex -@comment %**end of header - -@set VERSION 0.4.6 -@set DATE {September 2007} +@set VERSION 0.4.7 +@set DATE October 2007 +@set AUTHORS Andreas Enge, Paul Zimmermann +@set COPYRIGHTDATES 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 @ifinfo @format START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY @@ -20,17 +18,22 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY @end format @end ifinfo -@c smallbook - @iftex @finalout @end iftex +@copying @ifinfo -This file documents MPC, a library for multiple precision complex arithmetic +This is the manual for MPC, a library for multiple precision complex arithmetic, +version @value{VERSION}, of @value{DATE}. +@end ifinfo -Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 Andreas Enge, Paul Zimmermann +@sp 1 + +Copyright (C) @value{COPYRIGHTDATES} @value{AUTHORS} + +@sp 2 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice @@ -49,24 +52,18 @@ resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual -into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, -except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved -by the Foundation. -@end ifinfo +into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions. +@end copying @setchapternewpage on @titlepage -@c use the new format for titles @title MPC @subtitle The Multiple Precision Complex Library @subtitle Edition @value{VERSION} @subtitle @value{DATE} -@author Andreas Enge, Paul Zimmermann - -@c Include the Distribution inside the titlepage so -@c that headings are turned off. +@author @value{AUTHORS} @tex \global\parindent=0pt @@ -76,27 +73,7 @@ by the Foundation. @page @vskip 0pt plus 1filll -Copyright @copyright{} 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 Andreas Enge, Paul Zimmermann - -@sp 2 - -@c Published by the Free Software Foundation @* -@c 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 @* -@c Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA @* - -Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of -this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice -are preserved on all copies. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this -manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire -resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission -notice identical to this one. - -Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual -into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, -except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved -by the Foundation. +@insertcopying @end titlepage @headings double @@ -110,10 +87,10 @@ Complex Library, version @value{VERSION} @end ifinfo @menu -* Copying:: GMP Copying Conditions (LGPL). +* Copying:: MPC Copying Conditions (LGPL). * Introduction to MPC :: Brief introduction to MPC. * Installing MPC:: How to configure and compile the MPC library. -* MPC Basics:: What every MPC user should now. +* MPC Basics:: What every MPC user should know. * Reporting Bugs:: How to usefully report bugs. * Complex Functions:: Functions for arithmetic on complex numbers. @@ -186,7 +163,7 @@ probably a good idea to glance through it. @cindex Installation To build MPC, you first have to install GNU MP -(version 4.1 or higher) and MPFR (version 2.2.0 or higher) on your computer. +(version 4.2.2 or higher) and MPFR (version 2.2.1 or higher) on your computer. You need a C compiler, preferably GCC, but any reasonable compiler should work. And you need a standard Unix @samp{make} program, plus some other standard Unix utility programs. @@ -230,14 +207,10 @@ There are some other useful make targets: @itemize @bullet @item -@samp{make mpc.dvi} +@samp{make doc} -Create a DVI version of the manual, in @file{mpc.dvi}. - -@item -@samp{make mpc.ps} - -Create a Postscript version of the manual, in @file{mpc.ps}. +Create a dvi version of the manual in @file{mpc.dvi}, +a pdf version in @file{mpc.pdf} and an info version in @file{mpc.info}. @item @samp{make clean} @@ -829,8 +802,14 @@ Marc Helbling contributed the @code{mpc_ui_sub} and @itemize @bullet @item -Torbjorn Granlund, "GNU MP: The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library", - version 4.1, 2002. +Torbj@"orn Granlund et al. +@code{gmp} -- GNU multiprecision library. +Version 4.2.1, @url{http://gmplib.org/}. + +@item +Guillaume Hanrot, Vincent Lef@`evre, Patrick P@'elissier, Paul Zimmermann et al. +@code{mpfr} -- A library for multiple-precision floating-point computations with exact rounding. +Version 2.2.1, @url{http://www.mpfr.org}. @item IEEE standard for binary floating-point arithmetic, Technical Report |