C Mathematical Function Handbook (Programming Tools for Engineers and Scientists) |  | Author: Louis Baker
Publisher: Computing Mcgraw-Hill
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Edition: Pap/Dis
Pages: 757
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Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0079111580
Dewey Decimal Number: 515.502855262
EAN: 9780079111586
Publication Date: October 1991
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All the functions of Abramowitz and Stegun's classic Handbook of Mathematical Functions-and more!-is contained in this book. Best of all, C source code is given for each and every one of these calculations. Readers will discover: ready-to-use code covering everything from real and complex logarithms, the integral of the Anger-Weber function, Boehmer integrals, elliptic integrals, spheroidal wave functions, Jacobian elliptic functions, to many kinds of Bessel functions and the list goes on and on; additional routines coded in C++ for such functions as the generalized hypergeometric function, Meijer G function, and more; numerous optimized routines for special uses of Bessel and Legendre functions; many functions such as the gamma optimized for speed, space, or general complex values.
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 A Wide Range of Functions December 19, 2000
physics student (St. John's, Newfoundland Canada)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have used programs from this book for theta functions and for spheroidal wavefunctions, or rather for the corresponding eigenvalues. For the theta functions I could not find equivalent programs elsewhere. A program for the spheroidal wavefunctions from another recipe book returned erroneous values for certain parameter sets. Baker's code, on the other hand, appeared to have been carefully checked, and functioned correctly (as far as I could determine) for a wide range of parameter values. I had no great difficulty with compilation when I used Turbo C, in which apparently the programs were developed; however, Watcom C choked on both. The problems were minor, or should have been, except that the code read as though it were intended for a "most-confusing-C-code" contest.Baker does not have a table of dependencies in his book, but a DOS executable which is included will give the information, more or less, while engendering homicidal feelings toward the author! If the code were cleaned up the book would be a "must-have" for physicists and applied mathematicians. This book is not for the novice! However, if you need accurate values for the less-common transcendental functions, and are comfortable with C-language programming, then you will *certainly* want a copy.
Excellent tools for scientists. July 16, 1998
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have tried to use all of the fuctions in this book and found them to be accurate and precise, except for a few problems that occur with derivatives of the Hankel functions.Todd R. Downey, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Photometrics Group, Life Sciences Division
 A bazillion functions but poorly written September 22, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book has an enormous number of mathematical functions implemented. Unfortunately, the quality of the code is poor. However, if you buy a copy of A&S, you can use the code as a starting point and it would be faster than writing it from scratch. If you can find the routines you need in the Cephes collection at netlib, I would strongly encourage you to use those instead. On the other hand, there are many routines in this book that I have not seen implementations for elsewhere.
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