Blitz++ User’s Guide

A C++ class library for scientific computing

for version 0.10, 27 June 2012

Todd Veldhuizen

The Blitz++ library is licensed under both the GPL and the more permissive “Blitz++ Artistic License”. Take your pick. They are detailed in GPL and LICENSE, respectively. The artistic license is more appropriate for commercial use, since it lacks the “viral” properties of the GPL.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

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— The Detailed Node Listing — General considerations
1 Introduction
2 Arrays
3 Array Expressions
4 Stencils
5 Multicomponent, complex, and user type Arrays
6 Indirection
7 TinyVector
8 Parallel Computing with Blitz++
9 Random Number Generators
10 Numeric properties
11 Frequently Asked Questions
Blitz Keyword Index
Concept Index
1.1 About this document
1.2 Platform/compiler notes
1.3 How to download Blitz++
1.4 Installation and porting
1.5 Compiling with Blitz++
1.6 Licensing terms
1.7 Mailing lists and support
The Blitz++ Array class
2.1 Getting started
2.2 Public types
2.3 Constructors
2.4 Indexing, subarrays, and slicing
2.5 Debug mode
2.6 Member functions
2.7 Global functions
2.8 Inputting and Outputting Arrays
2.9 Array storage orders
Writing expressions with the Array class
3.1 Expression evaluation order
3.6 Index placeholders
3.8 Single-argument math functions
3.9 Two-argument math functions
3.10 Declaring your own math functions on arrays
3.15 where statements
Array Stencils
4.2 Declaring stencil objects
4.4 Stencil operators
4.5 Declaring your own stencil operators
4.6 Applying a stencil object
Customization of the Array class
5.1 Multicomponent and complex arrays
5.2 Creating arrays of a user type
Array indirect addressing
6.1 Indirection using lists of array positions
6.2 Cartesian-product indirection
6.3 Indirection with lists of strips
The Blitz++ TinyVector class
7.1 Template parameters and types
7.2 Constructors
7.3 Member functions
7.4 Assignment operators
7.5 Expressions
7.6 Global functions
7.7 Arrays of TinyVector
7.8 Input/output
Parallel Computing with Blitz++
8.1 Blitz++ and thread safety
Random Number Generators in Blitz++
9.1 Overview
9.3 Seeding a random number generator
9.4 Detailed description of RNGs
9.5 Template parameters
9.6 Member functions
9.7 Detailed listing of RNGs
Numeric properties functions in Blitz++
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Function descriptions

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