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<title>Commons-Math: The Jakarta Mathematics Library</title>
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<section name="Commons-Math: The Jakarta Mathematics Library" href="summary">
<p>
The Java programming language and the math extensions in
Commons Lang provide implementations for only the most basic
mathematical algorithms. Routine development tasks such as
computing basic statistics or solving a system of linear equations
require components not available in Java or Commons Lang.
</p>
<p>
Most basic mathematical or statistical algorithms are available in
open source implementations, but to assemble a simple set of
capabilities one has to use multiple libraries, many of which have
more restrictive licensing terms than the ASF. In addition, many
of the best open source implementations (e.g. the R statistical
package) are either not available in Java or require large support
libraries and/or external dependencies to work.
</p>
<p>
Commons Math is a library of lightweight, self-contained
mathematics and statistics components addressing the most common
problems not available in the Java programming language or Commons
Lang.
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<p>
Guiding principles:
<ol>
<li>
Real-world application use cases will determine development
priority.
</li>
<li>
This package will emphasize small, easily integrated components
rather than large libraries with complex dependencies and
configurations.
</li>
<li>
All algorithms will be fully documented and follow generally
accepted best practices.
</li>
<li>
In situations where multiple standard algorithms exist, a
Strategy pattern will be used to support multiple
implementations.
</li>
<li>
Limited dependencies. No external dependencies beyond Commons
components and the core Java 2 platform.
</li>
</ol>
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<subsection name='An Apology To British Users And Developers'>
<p>
Yes - I know that it should be commons-maths. But think of all the
bandwidth saved by losing that 's' ;)
</p>
</subsection>
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<section name="Download Math">
<subsection name="Releases">
<p>
Realease distributions of version 1.0 of Commons Math are available for
download in the following locations:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi">
binary distribution</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi">
source distribution</a></li>
</ul>
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<subsection name="Nightly Builds">
<p>
Nightly builds are built once a day from the current CVS HEAD.
This is (nearly) the lastest code and so should be treated with
caution!
</p>
<p>
You can get the nightly builds from <a
href="http://cvs.apache.org/builds/jakarta-commons/nightly/commons-math/">here</a>
</p>
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