Description
Dr. Nelson H.F. Beebe is a Research Professor and Software Specialist in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah, USA. He has a diverse background in chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, systems management, and typography, having studied, worked, and taught in three countries. He has written extensive software projects in numerous programming-language, operating-system, and hardware environments. His bibliographic database work has exposed him to a wide range of journals on current research. Introduction Iterative Solutions and Other Tools Polynomial Approximations Implementation Issues The Floating-Point Environment Converting Floating-Point Values to Integers Random Numbers Roots Argument Reduction Exponential and Logarithm Trigonometric Functions Hyperbolic Functions Pair-Precision Arithmetic Power Function Complex Arithmetic Primitives Quadratic Equations Elementary Functions in Complex Arithmetic The Greek Functions: Gamma, Psi, and Zeta Error and Probability Functions Elliptic Integral Functions Bessel Functions Testing the Library Pair-Precision Elementary Functions Accuracy of the Cody/Waite Algorithms Improving Upon the Cody/Waite Algorithms Floating-Point Output Floating-Point Input Appendix A: Ada Interface Appendix B: C# Interface Appendix C: C++ Interface Appendix D: Decimal Arithmetic Appendix E: Errata in the Cody/Waite Book Appendix F: Fortran Interface Appendix H: Historical Floating-Point Architectures Appendix I: Integer Arithmetic Appendix J: Java Interface Appendix L: Letter Notation Appendix P: Pascal Interface
