- extended the "Algorithms" chapter which has been renamed to "Methods and

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@@ -5,9 +5,18 @@ This file records noteworthy changes.
   much clearer but break compatibility with older versions:
   - f(x).series(x,p[,o]) -> f(x).series(x==p,o)
   - series(f(x),x,p[,o]) -> series(f(x),x==p,o)
-  - gamma() -> Gamma()
-  - EulerGamma -> gamma
-  - beta() -> Beta()
+  - gamma() -> tgamma()  (The true Gamma function, there is now also
+    log(tgamma()), called lgamma(), in accord with ISO/IEC 9899:1999.)
+  - EulerGamma -> Euler
+* #include'ing ginac.h defines the preprocessor symbols GINACLIB_MAJOR_VERSION,
+  GINACLIB_MINOR_VERSION, and GINACLIB_MICRO_VERSION with the respective GiNaC
+  library version numbers.
+* Expressions can be constructed from strings like this:
+    ex e("2*x+y", lst(x, y));
+* ex::to_rational() provides a way to extend the domain of functions like
+  gcd() and divide() that only work on polynomials or rational functions
+* Several new timings in the check target.  Some of them may be rather rude 
+  at your machine.
 
 0.5.4 (15 March 2000)
 * Some algorithms in class matrix (notably determinant) were replaced by