steinerberger


steinerberger, a C code which evaluates the Steinerberger functions f(n,x), which are continuous but have derivative discontinuities, are hard to accurately plot, interpolate, integrate, and minimize. Plots are made of several of the functions.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

steinerberger is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran77 version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

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steinerberger_test

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Reference:

  1. John D Cook,
    Pushing numerical integration software to its limits,
    https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2023/06/12/stressing-numerical-integration/
    Posted 12 June 2023.
  2. John D Cook,
    Plotting a function with lots of local minima,
    https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2023/06/12/lots-of-local-minima/
    Posted 12 June 2023.
  3. Stefan Steinerberger,
    A amusing sequence of functions,
    Mathematics Magazine,
    Volume 91, Number 4, October 2018, pages 262-266.

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Last modified on 30 March 2025.