内容简介
Moderndevelopmentsintheoreticalandappliedsciencedependonknowledgeofthepropertiesofmathematicalfunctions,fromelementarytrigonometricfunctionstothemultitudeofspecialfunctions.Thesefunctionsappearwhenevernaturalphenomenaarestudied,engineeringproblemsareformulated,andnumericalsimulationsareperformed.Theyalsocropupinstatistics,financialmodels,andeconomicanalysis.Usingthemeffectivelyrequirespractitionerstohavereadyaccesstoareliablecollectionoftheirproperties.Thishandbookresultsfroma10-yearprojectconductedbytheNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnologywithaninternationalgroupofexpertauthorsandvalidators.Printedinfullcolour,itisdestinedtoreplaceitspredecessor,theclassicbutlong-outdatedHandbookofMathematicalFunctions,editedbyAbramowitzandStegun.IncludesaDVDwithasearchablePDFofeachchapter.
作者简介
FrankW.J.OlverisProfessorEmeritusintheInstituteforPhysicalScienceandTechnologyandtheDepartmentofMathematicsattheUniversityofMaryland.From1961to1986hewasaMathematicianattheNationalBureauofStandardsinWashington,D.C.ProfessorOlverhaspublished76papersinrefereedandleadingmathematicsjournals,andheistheauthorofAsymptoticsandSpecialFunctions(1974).HehasservedaseditorofSIAMJournalonNumericalAnalysis,SIAMJournalonMathematicalAnalysis,MathematicsofComputation,MethodsandApplicationsofAnalysis,andtheNBSJournalofResearch.DanielW.LozierleadstheMathematicalSoftwareGroupintheMathematicalandComputationalSciencesDivisionofNIST.InhiscapacityasGeneralEditoroftheDigitalLibraryofMathematicalFunctionsProject,hehasperformedmostoftheadministrativefunctionsassociatedwiththeprojectaswellascontributingtechnically.HeisanactivememberoftheSIAMActivityGrouponOrthogonalPolynomialsandSpecialFunctions,havingservedtwotermsaschair,oneasvice-chair,andcurrentlyassecretary.HehasbeenaneditorofMathematicsofComputationandtheNISTJournalofResearch.RonaldF.BoisvertleadstheMathematicalandComputationalSciencesDivisionoftheInformationTechnologyLaboratoryatNIST.HereceivedhisPh.D.incomputersciencefromPurdueUniversityin1979andhasbeenatNISTsincethen.Hehasservedaseditor-in-chiefoftheACMTransactionsonMathematicalSoftware.Heiscurrentlyco-chairofthePublicationsBoardoftheAssociationforComputingMachinery(ACM)andchairoftheInternationalFederationforInformationProcessing(IFIP)WorkingGroup2.5(NumericalSoftware).CharlesW.ClarkreceivedhisPh.D.inphysicsfromtheUniversityofChicagoin1979.HeisamemberoftheU.S.SeniorExecutiveServiceandisChiefoftheElectronandOpticalPhysicsDivisionandactingGroupLeaderoftheNISTSynchrotronUltravioletRadiationFacility(SURFIII).ClarkservesasProgramManagerforAtomicandMolecularPhysicsattheU.S.OfficeofNavalResearchandisaFellowoftheJointQuantumInstituteofNISTandtheUniversityofMarylandatCollegeParkandaVisitingProfessorattheNationalUniversityofSingapore.
