affine-invariant Fourier descriptors?

[Brian Gough]

Erica Schechter writes:
 > I am currently working on some C code to compute affine-invariant
 > Fourier descriptors of closed curves and polygons. I am using this
 > article as the basis for my mathematics->
 > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abs_free.jsp?arNumber=56206 . This is
 > very useful for digital image analysis and recognition.
 > 
 > When this is completed, would this be a worthwhile contribution to
 > GSL? If so, how might I go about submitting this?

Hello,

Thanks for your email.

It looks like an interesting subject but I think it is probably
too specialized for a general numerical library like GSL.

Its might be best if you release your work as a standalone library
which is free software.

-- 
best regards

Brian Gough
(GSL Maintainer)