Rational approximations, software and test methods for sine and cosine integrals

DOI10.1007/BF02142806zbMATH Open0863.65004MaRDI QIDQ1815700FDOQ1815700

Allan J. MacLeod

Publication date: 8 June 1997

Published in: Numerical Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

performancesoftwarerational approximationstest procedurecosine integral \(Ci(x)\)sine integral \(Si(x)\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20) Incomplete beta and gamma functions (error functions, probability integral, Fresnel integrals) (33B20)

Cites Work

• Algorithm 665: Machar: a subroutine to dynamically determined machine parameters
• Algorithm 715: SPECFUN–a portable FORTRAN package of special function routines and test drivers
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• Computation of Successive Derivatives of f(z)/z
• Recursive computation of certain derivatives&a study of error propagation
• Rational Chebyshev approximation using linear equations
• The use of Taylor series to test accuracy of function programs

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• Numerical calculation of the generalized sine and cosine integral.
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Uses Software

• MACHAR
• SPECFUN
• Netlib

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