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Book Information:
Authors:
Folkmar Bornemann,
Dirk Laurie,
Stan Wagon and
Jörg Waldvogel
Title:
The SIAM 100-Digit Challenge: A study in high-accuracy numerical computing
Additional book information:
SIAM,
Philadelphia, PA,
2004,
xii+306 pp.,
ISBN 0-89871-561-X,
US$57.00$,
paperback
David Bailey, Peter Borwein, and Simon Plouffe, On the rapid computation of various polylogarithmic constants, Math. Comp. 66 (1997), no. 218, 903–913. MR 1415794, DOI 10.1090/S0025-5718-97-00856-9
Jonathan Borwein and David Bailey, Mathematics by experiment, A K Peters, Ltd., Natick, MA, 2004. Plausible reasoning in the 21st century. MR 2033012
Jonathan Borwein, David Bailey, and Roland Girgensohn, Experimentation in mathematics, A K Peters, Ltd., Natick, MA, 2004. Computational paths to discovery. MR 2051473
4. ``The SIAM 100-Digit Challenge'' (website), http://www.siam.org/books/ 100digitchallenge.
5. Lloyd N. Trefethen, ``Maxims about Numerical Mathematics, Computers, Science, and Life'', SIAM News, vol. 31 (1998), no. 1, pg. 4.
6. Lloyd N. Trefethen, ``The $100, 100-Digit Challenge'', SIAM News, vol. 35 (2002), no. 6, pp. 1-3. Also available at http://www.siam.org/siamnews/01-02/challenge.pdf.
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- David H. Bailey, Peter B. Borwein and Simon Plouffe, ``On the Rapid Computation of Various Polylogarithmic Constants'', Mathematics of Computation, vol. 66, no. 218 (April 1997), pp. 903-913. MR 1415794 (98d:11165)
- 2.
- Jonathan M. Borwein and David H. Bailey, Mathematics by Experiment: Plausible Reasoning in the 21st Century, A K Peters, Natick, MA, 2004. MR 2033012 (2005b:00012)
- 3.
- Jonathan M. Borwein, David H. Bailey and Roland Girgensohn, Experimentation in Mathematics: Computational Paths to Discovery, A K Peters, Natick, MA, 2004. MR 2051473
- 4.
- ``The SIAM 100-Digit Challenge'' (website), http://www.siam.org/books/ 100digitchallenge.
- 5.
- Lloyd N. Trefethen, ``Maxims about Numerical Mathematics, Computers, Science, and Life'', SIAM News, vol. 31 (1998), no. 1, pg. 4.
- 6.
- Lloyd N. Trefethen, ``The $100, 100-Digit Challenge'', SIAM News, vol. 35 (2002), no. 6, pp. 1-3. Also available at http://www.siam.org/siamnews/01-02/challenge.pdf.
Review Information:
Reviewer:
David H. Bailey
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Email:
dhbailey@lbl.gov
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
42 (2005), 545-548
Published electronically:
June 1, 2005