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Mathematics of Computation

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1960 (published as Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation 1943-1959), Mathematics of Computation is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in computational mathematics.

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The 2020 MCQ for Mathematics of Computation is 1.78.

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An approximation for $\smallint ^{\infty }{}_{\chi }e^{-t2/2}t^{p} dt,$ $\chi >0,$ $p$ real
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Math. Comp. 32 (1978), 271-275 Request permission

Abstract:

A new approximation is given for $\smallint _x^\infty {e^{ - {t^2}/2}{t^p}dt}$, $x > 0$, p real, which extends an earlier approximation of Boydโ€™s for $p = 0$.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1978 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 32 (1978), 271-275
  • MSC: Primary 65D20; Secondary 33A70
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1978-0458802-8
  • MathSciNet review: 0458802