Atlas for Computing Mathematical Functions
An Illustrated Guide for Practitioners with Programs in Fortran 90 and Mathematica
Published on 13. August 1997
Book
Mixed media product
XVI, 888 pages
978-0-471-18171-2 (ISBN)
Description
An invaluable reference and learning guide to more than 150 special functions of applied mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, computer science, and engineering. This book contains over 700 graphics of the functions, which readers can also create by using the annotated Mathematica files provided. It offers complete, consistent instructions and test values for computing the functions accurately and efficiently with the full Fortran-90 source programs on the CD-ROM, which is both Windows and Macintosh compatible.
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Edition
Annotated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Illustrations
1 CD-ROM
Dimensions
Height: 26 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Weight
1814 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-18171-2 (9780471181712)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
WILLIAM J. THOMPSON, PhD, DSc, is Professor of Physics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The author of three previous Wiley titles, Computing in Applied Science, Computing for Scientists and Engineers, and Angular Momentum, he has published more than 120 papers in theoretical physics, applied mathematics, and statistics.
Content
The Atlas of Functions. The Computer Interface. THE FUNCTIONS. Introduction to the Functions. A Visual Tour of the Atlas. Computing Strategies. Elementary Transcendental Functions. Exponential Integrals and Related Functions. Gamma and Beta Functions. Combinatorial Functions. Number Theory Functions. Probability Distributions. Error Function, Frensel and Dawson Integrals. Orthogonal Polynomials. Legendre Functions. Spheroidal Wave Functions. Bessel Functions. Struve, Anger, and Weber Functions. Hypergeometric Functions and Coulomb Wave Functions. Elliptic Integrals and Elliptic Functions. Parabolic Cylinder Functions. Miscellaneous Functions for Science and Engineering. THE COMPUTER INTERFACE. The Mathematica Notebooks. The Fortran Driver Programs. Appendix. Indexes.