An analysis of errors in mathematical tables
DOI10.1016/J.HM.2014.12.003zbMATH Open1326.01011OpenAlexW1973920158MaRDI QIDQ492785FDOQ492785
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
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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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