Software needs in special functions

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 345-358

  Lozier, Daniel W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Special functions Computing; Special functions Software; Special functions Testing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

SPECIAL FUNCTIONS; USER ORIENTED TESTING SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0029712142     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0427(95)00181-6     Document Type: Article

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