// @(#)root/mathmore:$Name:  $:$Id: Derivator.h,v 1.1 2005/09/18 17:33:47 brun Exp $
// Authors: L. Moneta, A. Zsenei   08/2005 

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// Header file for class Derivator
// 
// class for calculating Derivative of functions
// 
// Created by: moneta  at Sat Nov 13 14:46:00 2004
// 
// Last update: Sat Nov 13 14:46:00 2004
// 
#ifndef ROOT_Math_Derivator
#define ROOT_Math_Derivator

/** 
@defgroup Deriv Numerical Differentiation
*/
 

#include "Math/IGenFunction.h"

namespace ROOT {
namespace Math {



   class GSLDerivator; 


  /** 
      Class for computing numerical derivative of a function. 
      This class is implemented using the numerical derivatives algorithms provided by GSL
      (see <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/manual/gsl-ref_27.html#SEC400">GSL Online Manual</A> ).

      This class does not support copying
      @ingroup Deriv
  */

   class Derivator {

   public:

    /**
       signature for function pointers used by GSL
    */
     typedef double ( * GSLFuncPointer ) ( double, void * ); 

     /**
	Construct a Derivator class based on GSL numerical differentiation algorithms
      */
 
     Derivator(const IGenFunction &f);
     Derivator(const GSLFuncPointer &f);
     virtual ~Derivator(); 

     // disable copying
   private: 

     Derivator(const Derivator &);
     Derivator & operator = (const Derivator &); 

   public: 


    // template methods for generic functors
     /** 
	 Set the function f for evaluating the derivative.
	 The function type must implement the assigment operator, <em>  double  operator() (  double  x ) </em>

     */
     void SetFunction(const IGenFunction &f);




     /** 
	 Set the function f for evaluating the derivative (use of a free function pointer)
     */
     void SetFunction( const GSLFuncPointer &f);


     /** 
	 Computes the numerical derivative of a function f at a point x. 
	 It uses Derivator::EvalCentral to compute the derivative using an 
	 adaptive central difference algorithm with a step size h
     */

     double Eval(const IGenFunction & f, double x, double h = 1E-8);
    
 
   
     /** 
	 Computes the numerical derivative of a function f at a point x. 
	 It uses Derivator::EvalCentral to compute the derivative using an 
	 adaptive central difference algorithm with a step size h
     */

     double Eval(double x, double h = 1E-8);



     /** 
	 Computes the numerical derivative of a function f at a point x using an adaptive central 
	 difference algorithm with a step size h
     
    template <class UserFunc>
    inline double EvalCentral(const UserFunc & f, double x, double h) { 
      SetFunction(f); 
      return EvalCentral(x,h); 
    }
     */
    double EvalCentral(const IGenFunction & f, double x, double h = 1E-8);


     /** 
	 Computes the numerical derivative of a function f at a point x using an adaptive forward 
	 difference algorithm with a step size h.
	 The function is evaluated only at points greater than x and at x itself
     */
    
    double EvalForward(const IGenFunction & f, double x, double h = 1E-8);

     /** 
	 Computes the numerical derivative of a function f at a point x using an adaptive backward 
	 difference algorithm with a step size h.
	 The function is evaluated only at points less than x and at x itself
     */
    
    double EvalBackward(const IGenFunction & f, double x, double h = 1E-8);

    
     /** 
	 Computes the numerical derivative at a point x using an adaptive central 
	 difference algorithm with a step size h. 
     */
    double EvalCentral( double x, double h = 1E-8); 

     /** 
	 Computes the numerical derivative at a point x using an adaptive forward 
	 difference algorithm with a step size h.
	 The function is evaluated only at points greater than x and at x itself.
     */
    double EvalForward( double x, double h = 1E-8); 

     /** 
	 Computes the numerical derivative at a point x using an adaptive backward 
	 difference algorithm with a step size h.
	 The function is evaluated only at points less than x and at x itself.
     */
    double EvalBackward( double x, double h = 1E-8); 

     /**
	return the error status of the last integral calculation
    */     
    int Status() const; 

    /**
       return  the result of the last derivative calculation
    */
    double Result() const; 

    /**
       return the estimate of the absolute error of the last derivative calculation
    */
    double Error() const; 

protected: 



private: 


    GSLDerivator * fDerivator;  

}; 




} // namespace Math
} // namespace ROOT


#endif /* ROOT_Math_Derivator */


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