Special functions are extremely useful and, as the great American mathematician, R. Askey wrote, 'those who need them and those who know them should start to talk to each other.' As a tribute to Askey ...
THIS book, like the kindred work of Prof. Byerly on “Fourier's Series and Spherical Harmonics,” marks the modern system of mathematical treatment, and may be contrasted with Dr. Todhunter's “Functions ...
IN 1888 a Committee was appointed by the British Association for the purpose “of considering the possibility of calculating tables of certain mathematical functions, and, if necessary, of taking steps ...