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= Description =
 
= Description =
The '''GNU Scientific Library''' (or '''GSL''') is a software library for numerical computations in applied mathematics and science. The GSL is written in the C programming language, but bindings exist for other languages as well.
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The '''GNU Scientific Library''' ('''GSL''') is a software library for numerical computations in applied mathematics and science. GSL is written in C, but bindings exist for other programming languages as well. The library provides a wide range of mathematical routines such as random number generators, special functions and least-squares fitting. There are over 1000 functions in total with an extensive test suite.
 
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The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++ programmers.
 
 
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The complete range of subject areas covered by the library:
The library provides a wide range of mathematical routines such as random number generators, special functions and least-squares fitting. There are over 1000 functions in total with an extensive test suite.
 
 
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<u>The complete range of subject areas covered by the library includes</u>
 
 
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&bull; Complex Numbers &bull; Roots of Polynomials &bull; Special Functions &bull; Vectors and Matrices &bull; Permutations &bull; Sorting &bull; BLAS Support &bull; Linear Algebra &bull; Eigensystems &bull; Fast Fourier Transforms &bull; Quadrature &bull; Random Numbers &bull; Quasi-Random Sequences &bull; Random Distributions &bull; Statistics &bull; Histograms &bull; N-Tuples &bull; Monte Carlo Integration &bull; Simulated Annealing &bull; Differential Equations &bull; Interpolation &bull; Numerical Differentiation &bull; Chebyshev Approximation &bull; Series Acceleration &bull; Discrete Hankel Transforms &bull; Root-Finding &bull; Minimization &bull; Least-Squares Fitting &bull; Physical Constants &bull; IEEE Floating-Point &bull; Discrete Wavelet Transforms &bull; Basis splines &bull; Running Statistics &bull; Sparse Matrices and Linear Algebra
 
&bull; Complex Numbers &bull; Roots of Polynomials &bull; Special Functions &bull; Vectors and Matrices &bull; Permutations &bull; Sorting &bull; BLAS Support &bull; Linear Algebra &bull; Eigensystems &bull; Fast Fourier Transforms &bull; Quadrature &bull; Random Numbers &bull; Quasi-Random Sequences &bull; Random Distributions &bull; Statistics &bull; Histograms &bull; N-Tuples &bull; Monte Carlo Integration &bull; Simulated Annealing &bull; Differential Equations &bull; Interpolation &bull; Numerical Differentiation &bull; Chebyshev Approximation &bull; Series Acceleration &bull; Discrete Hankel Transforms &bull; Root-Finding &bull; Minimization &bull; Least-Squares Fitting &bull; Physical Constants &bull; IEEE Floating-Point &bull; Discrete Wavelet Transforms &bull; Basis splines &bull; Running Statistics &bull; Sparse Matrices and Linear Algebra
 
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== How to use GSL ==
= Versions and Availability =
 
A list of versions currently available on the bwForCluster Chemistry can be obtained from the
 
<br><big>
 
[https://cis-hpc.uni-konstanz.de/prod.cis/ Cluster Information System CIS] </big>
 
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Show a list of available versions using 'module avail numlib/gsl' on any HPC-C5 cluster.
 
<pre>
 
: EXAMPLE bwUniCluster
 
$ module avail numlib/gsl
 
--------------------- /opt/bwhpc/common/modulefiles -----------------------
 
numlib/gsl/1.16-gnu-4.4 numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-14.0
 
numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1(default)
 
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A man page is available and can be accessed by typing
= Documentation =
 
=== Online ===
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/ Online-Documentation]
 
=== Local ===
 
* info gsl
 
* man gsl
 
* man gsl-config
 
<br>
 
= Loading the module =
 
You can load the default version of the GSL library with the command<br>
 
'module load numlib/gsl'.
 
<br>
 
The module will try to load modules it needs to function.
 
If loading the module fails, check if you have already loaded one of those modules with the command 'module list'.
 
<br>
 
If you wish to load a specific (older) version (if available), you can do so using e.g.
 
' module load numlib/gsl/'version' to load the version you desires.
 
 
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<pre>
$ module avail numlib/gsl
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$ man gsl
---------------------- /opt/bwhpc/common/modulefiles -----------------------
 
numlib/gsl/1.16-gnu-4.4 numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-14.0
 
numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1(default)
 
$ module load numlib/gsl/1.16-gnu-4.4
 
$ module list
 
Currently Loaded Modulefiles:
 
1) numlib/gsl/1.16-gnu-4.4
 
 
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=== Includes ===
= GSL-Specific Environments =
 
To see a list of all GSL environments set by the 'module load'-command use 'env | grep GSL'.
 
<br>
 
Or use the command 'module show numlib/gsl'.
 
<pre>
 
$ module show numlib/gsl
 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
/opt/bwhpc/common/modulefiles/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1:
 
GSL_VERSION = 1.16
 
GSL_HOME = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1
 
GSL_BIN_DIR = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/bin
 
GSL_INC_DIR = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/include
 
GSL_LIB_DIR = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/lib
 
GSL_STA_DIR = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/lib
 
GSL_SHA_DIR = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/lib
 
GSL_MAN_DIR = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/share/man
 
GSL_INF_DIR = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/share/info
 
GSL_DOC_DIR = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/share/doc
 
GSL_EXA_DIR = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/share/doc/examples
 
GSL_WWW http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
 
PATH = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/bin:$PATH
 
MANPATH = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/share/man:$MANPATH
 
INFOPATH = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/share/info:$INFOPATH
 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
INCLUDE = /opt/bwhpc/common/numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1/include:$INCLUDE
 
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Your source code should contain preprocessor include statements with a gsl/prefix such as
= How To Use the Library =
 
== Includes ==
 
Your source code should contain preprocessor include statements with a gsl/ prefix, such as
 
 
<source lang="c">#include <gsl/gsl_math.h></source>
 
<source lang="c">#include <gsl/gsl_math.h></source>
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== Compile ==
 
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=== Compile ===
A typical compilation command for a source file example.c with the
 
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Intel C compiler icc is
 
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A typical compilation command for a source file 'example.c' using the Intel C compiler icc is
<pre> $ icc -Wall -I$GSL_INC_DIR -c example.c </pre>
 
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<pre> $ icc -Wall -I$GSL_INC_DIR -c example.c </pre>
The [[#GSL-Specific Environments|$GSL_INC_DIR environment variable]] points to location of
 
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The <span style="background:#edeae2;margin:2px;padding:1px;border:1px dotted #808080">$GSL_INC_DIR</span> environment variable points to the location of the include path for the GSL header files.
the include path for the gsl header files.
 
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== Link ==
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=== Link ===
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The following command can be used to link the application with the gsl libraries.
 
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The following command can be used to link the application with the GSL libraries:
 
<pre> $ icc -L$GSL_LIB_DIR -o example example.o -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm </pre>
 
<pre> $ icc -L$GSL_LIB_DIR -o example example.o -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm </pre>
The [[#GSL-Specific Environments|$GSL_LIB_DIR environment]] variable points to the location
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The <span style="background:#edeae2;margin:2px;padding:1px;border:1px dotted #808080">$GSL_LIB_DIR</span> environment variable points to the location of the GSL libraries.
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Also make sure to have the GSL module loaded before running applications build with this library.
of the gsl libraries.
 
<br>
 
Also make sure to have the GSL-module loaded before running applications build
 
with this library.
 
<br><br>
 
= Example C-Source Code =
 
== Create source code file 'intro.c' ==
 
<source lang="c">
 
#include <stdio.h>
 
#include <gsl/gsl_sf_bessel.h>
 
   
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= Useful links =
int main (void)
 
{
 
double x = 5.0;
 
double y = gsl_sf_bessel_J0 (x);
 
printf ("J0(%g) = %.18e\n", x, y);
 
return 0;
 
}
 
</source>
 
<small>[https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/html_node/Special-Functions.html Bessel-Functions and more]</small>
 
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* [https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/doc/html/index.html Documentation (english)]
== Compile and Link ==
 
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* [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Scientific_Library Wikipedia article (german)]
Load the GSL module for the Intel compiler, compile, link and run the program
 
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Scientific_Library Wikipedia article (english)]
<pre>
 
$ module load numlib/gsl/1.16-intel-13.1
 
Loading module dependency 'compiler/intel/13.1'.
 
$ icc -Wall -I$GSL_INC_DIR -c intro.c
 
$ icc -L$GSL_LIB_DIR -o intro intro.o -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm
 
$ ./intro
 
J0(5) = -1.775967713143382642e-01
 
</pre>
 
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[[Category: Numerical libraries]][[Category:bwUniCluster]]
 

Latest revision as of 00:03, 15 March 2023

The main documentation is available via module help numlib/gsl on the cluster. Most software modules for applications provide working example batch scripts.


Description Content
module load numlib/gsl
License GNU General Public License (GPL)
Citing
M. Galassi et al., GNU Scientific Library Reference Manual (3rd Ed.), ISBN 0954612078.
Links Homepage | Documentation
Graphical Interface No


1 Description

The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a software library for numerical computations in applied mathematics and science. GSL is written in C, but bindings exist for other programming languages as well. The library provides a wide range of mathematical routines such as random number generators, special functions and least-squares fitting. There are over 1000 functions in total with an extensive test suite.

The complete range of subject areas covered by the library:

• Complex Numbers • Roots of Polynomials • Special Functions • Vectors and Matrices • Permutations • Sorting • BLAS Support • Linear Algebra • Eigensystems • Fast Fourier Transforms • Quadrature • Random Numbers • Quasi-Random Sequences • Random Distributions • Statistics • Histograms • N-Tuples • Monte Carlo Integration • Simulated Annealing • Differential Equations • Interpolation • Numerical Differentiation • Chebyshev Approximation • Series Acceleration • Discrete Hankel Transforms • Root-Finding • Minimization • Least-Squares Fitting • Physical Constants • IEEE Floating-Point • Discrete Wavelet Transforms • Basis splines • Running Statistics • Sparse Matrices and Linear Algebra

1.1 How to use GSL

A man page is available and can be accessed by typing

$ man gsl

1.1.1 Includes

Your source code should contain preprocessor include statements with a gsl/prefix such as

#include <gsl/gsl_math.h>

1.1.2 Compile

A typical compilation command for a source file 'example.c' using the Intel C compiler icc is

 $ icc -Wall -I$GSL_INC_DIR -c example.c 

The $GSL_INC_DIR environment variable points to the location of the include path for the GSL header files.

1.1.3 Link

The following command can be used to link the application with the GSL libraries:

 $ icc -L$GSL_LIB_DIR -o example example.o -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm 

The $GSL_LIB_DIR environment variable points to the location of the GSL libraries. Also make sure to have the GSL module loaded before running applications build with this library.

2 Useful links