Global approximations to the principal real-valued branch of the Lambert W-function

DOI10.1016/S0893-9659(98)00097-4zbMATH Open0940.65018WikidataQ126982006 ScholiaQ126982006MaRDI QIDQ1808573FDOQ1808573

Authors: John P. Boyd 

Publication date: 27 July 2000

Published in: Applied Mathematics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

global approximationLambert \(W\)-functionNewton iterationsrational Chebyshev function series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20) Hypergeometric functions associated with root systems (33C67)

Cites Work

• On the Lambert \(w\) function
• Multiple scale and singular perturbation methods
• Spectral methods using rational basis functions on an infinite interval
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• Real values of the W -function
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Uses Software

• WAPR
• Algorithm 443

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