The elliptic functions and integrals of the "1/9" problem

Numerical Algorithms

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 117-139

  Magnus, Alphonse P ^a   Meinguet, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complex approximation; Rational approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043228849     PISSN: 10171398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019141226189     Document Type: Article

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