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

DOI10.1007/BF02142806MaRDI QIDQ1815700zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Allan J. MacLeod

Publication date 8 June 1997

Published in Numerical Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

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)

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Uses Software

• MACHAR
• SPECFUN
• Netlib

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