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gsl_siman bug


Hi there,

	I think I've found a bug in the gsl_siman_solve routine. I'm using
gsl 1.1.1. The bug resides in the file gsl-1.1.1/siman.c on line #99. It
currently reads

	} else if (exp (-(E - new_E)/(params.k * T))
                 * gsl_rng_uniform(r) < 0.5) {

I believe it should read something more like

	} else if (exp ((E - new_E)/(params.k * T)) > 
                   gsl_rng_uniform(r)) {

The first version isn't consistent with the documentation. Further, and I
think that this is important, it doesn't allow users to set the
temperature such that he/she starts out with near 100% acceptance. Let me
know if there's any other info I can provide.

Thanks for the good work,
Pete Christopher




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