MultiNumGradFunction.cxx

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// Author: L. Moneta Wed Dec 20 14:36:31 2006

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// implementation file for class MultiNumGradFunction

#include "Math/MultiNumGradFunction.h"
#include <limits>
#include <cmath>
#include <algorithm>    // needed for std::max on Solaris

#include "Math/Derivator.h"


namespace ROOT {

   namespace Math {


double MultiNumGradFunction::fgEps = 0.001;

double MultiNumGradFunction::DoDerivative (const double * x, unsigned int icoord  ) const {
      // calculate derivative using mathcore derivator class
   // step size can be changes using SetDerivPrecision()

   static double kPrecision = std::sqrt ( std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon() );
   double x0 = std::abs(x[icoord]);
   //double step = (x0 > 0) ? kPrecision * x0 : kPrecision;
   // this seems to work better than above
   double step = (x0>0) ? std::max( fgEps* x0, 8.0*kPrecision*(x0 + kPrecision) ) : kPrecision;
   return ROOT::Math::Derivator::Eval(*fFunc, x, icoord, step);
}

void MultiNumGradFunction::SetDerivPrecision(double eps) { fgEps = eps; }

double MultiNumGradFunction::GetDerivPrecision( ) { return fgEps; }


   } // end namespace Math

} // end namespace ROOT