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diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm index c1c78d5ce3..17d4503243 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm @@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ (build-system gnu-build-system) (synopsis "Conversion between thousands of scales") (description - "Units is a program for converting measured quantities between units of + "GNU Units converts between measured quantities between units of measure. It can handle scale changes through adaptive usage of standard -scale prefixes (i.e. micro-, kilo-, etc.). It can also handle nonlinear -conversions such as Fahrenheit to Celcius. Its interpreter is powerful +scale prefixes (micro-, kilo-, etc.). It can also handle nonlinear +conversions such as Fahrenheit to Celsius. Its interpreter is powerful enough to be used effectively as a scientific calculator.") (license license:gpl3+) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/units/"))) @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ numbers.") (arguments `(#:configure-flags '("--with-gmp"))) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/") - (synopsis "NU Linear Programming Kit, supporting the MathProg language") + (synopsis "GNU Linear Programming Kit, supporting the MathProg language") (description "GLPK is a C library for solving large-scale linear programming (LP), mixed integer programming (MIP), and other related problems. It supports the @@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ LP/MIP solver is included in the package.") (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/") (synopsis "Statistical analysis") (description - "PSPP is a statistical analysis program. It can perform descriptive -statistics, T-tests, linear regression and non-parametric tests. It features -both a graphical interface as well as command-line input. PSPP is designed to -interoperate with Gnumeric, LibreOffice and OpenOffice. Data can be imported -from spreadsheets, text files and database sources and it can be output in -text, Postscript, PDF or HTML.") + "GNU PSPP is a statistical analysis program. It can perform +descriptive statistics, T-tests, linear regression and non-parametric tests. +It features both a graphical interface as well as command-line input. PSPP is +designed to interoperate with Gnumeric, LibreOffice and OpenOffice. Data can +be imported from spreadsheets, text files and database sources and it can be +output in text, PostScript, PDF or HTML.") (license license:gpl3+))) (define-public lapack |