Padé approximations to the logarithm i: Derivation via differential equations

Quaestiones Mathematicae

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-390

  Weideman, J A C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Finite differences; Frobenius method; Laplace transforms; Pad approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444450270     PISSN: 16073606     EISSN: 1727933X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16073600509486135     Document Type: Article

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