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Add Scipy ODE integrator as fallback for PyGSL #20

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@clinssen

See #19:

Finally, I want to point out that Scipy's odeint does automatic switching between stiff and non-stiff methods and can return method choice and step size information for every step,

sol, info = scipy.integrate.odeint(f, y0, t, (), jac, full_output=True)
step_size_per_step = info['hu']
method_used_per_step = info['mused']
stiff_steps = (method_used_per_step == 2).sum()
non_stiff_steps = sol.size - stiff_steps
# etc

given your API, it would be straightforward to provide this as a fallback when PyGSL is not available (and looking at PyGSL's website does not inspire confidence as a long-term dependency).

This might require a slight redefinition of our solver selection criteria if automatic switching between solvers cannot be disabled in Scipy. Note that Scipy essentially wraps the ODEPACK solver library.

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