A simple example of a new class of landen transformations

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 232-241

  Manna, Dante ^a,b   Moll, Victor H ^c  

^a AARMS   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

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EID: 34147158853     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029890.2007.11920409     Document Type: Article

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