[GSOC-2014]- CSymPy implementation of elementary functions-Introduction

[kunal arora]

Hello , my name is Kunal Arora. I am a 2nd year engineering(IT) undergraduate from NSIT,Delhi(India).

I am proficient in c/c++ and have been programming in c/c++ for quite a while now . Although i haven't been involved in any particular real world/open-source projects involving c/c++ but i have a good understanding of all the major data-structures and and related algorithms and have implemented most of them in c/c++ which can be seen on my GitHub profile: https://github.com/curiousguy13
I am also comfortable in Python annd have been involved in the Mozmill automated testing tool for mozilla for the past couple of months.

I am interested in CSymPy implementation of elementary functions which include:
trigonometric functions,hyperbolic functions,complex functions,exponential functions ,piecewise functions and other miscellaneous functions.

The way i see it is that we just have to implement the sympy elementary functions into Csympy and trying to improve the algorithms on the way,if possible.

If time permits, i would also be interested in implementing the series expansion and taylor series related functions.

So, currently i am trying to understand the CSymPy codebase and i think the documentation of the CSymPy can be improved a lot.

What should be my next step?
Any comment/input would be appreciated.

[Ondřej Čertík]

Hi Kunal,

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:48 AM, kunal arora <kunalar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello , my name is Kunal Arora. I am a 2nd year engineering(IT)
> undergraduate from NSIT,Delhi(India).
>
> I am proficient in c/c++ and have been programming in c/c++ for quite a
> while now . Although i haven't been involved in any particular real
> world/open-source projects involving c/c++ but i have a good understanding
> of all the major data-structures and and related algorithms and have
> implemented most of them in c/c++ which can be seen on my GitHub profile:
> https://github.com/curiousguy13
> I am also comfortable in Python annd have been involved in the Mozmill
> automated testing tool for mozilla for the past couple of months.
>
> I am interested in CSymPy implementation of elementary functions which
> include:
> trigonometric functions,hyperbolic functions,complex functions,exponential
> functions ,piecewise functions and other miscellaneous functions.

Thanks for your interest and my apologies for a late reply.
Yes, those functions should be added.

>
> The way i see it is that we just have to implement the sympy elementary
> functions into Csympy and trying to improve the algorithms on the way,if
> possible.

Right.

>
> If time permits, i would also be interested in implementing the series
> expansion and taylor series related functions.
>
> So, currently i am trying to understand the CSymPy codebase and i think the
> documentation of the CSymPy can be improved a lot.

Yes, documentation should be improved.

>
> What should be my next step?
> Any comment/input would be appreciated.

We have a patch requirement. So the next step would be to try to implement maybe
one of the functions in csympy and send a PR with it. That way you
familiarize yourself
with the code base and you can ask questions if you run into any problems.

I'll try to reply quickly.

Ondrej