An analysis of errors in mathematical tables

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2014.12.003MaRDI QIDQ492785zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David R. Bellhouse

Publication date 21 August 2015

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2014.12.003

zbMATH Keywords

Poisson distributionresidual analysisCopernicusapproximation errorround-off errorcalculation errorGalileiNapierRecordeStevintable parameter estimationtypographical error

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20) Roundoff error (65G50) History of numerical analysis (65-03) Tables in numerical analysis (65A05) Values of arithmetic functions; tables (11Y70)

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