Efficient and reliable multiprecision implementation of elementary and special functions

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1437-1462

  Cuyt, Annie ^a   Verdonkt, Brigitte ^a   Waadeland, Haakon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Continued fractions; Special functions; Variable precision; Verified

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SCIENCE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY THEORY; STATISTICS;

CONTINUED FRACTIONS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATION; SPECIAL FUNCTIONS; VARIABLE PRECISIONS;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 33750059578     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/050629203     Document Type: Article

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