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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567233
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Book Information:

Author: Jacek Gilewicz
Title: Approximants de Padé
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Math., vol. 667, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 1978, xiv + 511 pp., $21.50.

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  • Peter Henrici, Applied and computational complex analysis. Vol. 2, Wiley-Interscience [John Wiley & Sons], New York-London-Sydney, 1977. Special functions—integral transforms—asymptotics—continued fractions. MR 0453984
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  • William B. Jones and Wolfgang J. Thron, Continued fractions, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 11, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, Mass., 1980. Analytic theory and applications; With a foreword by Felix E. Browder; With an introduction by Peter Henrici. MR 595864
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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: William B. Jones
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1980), 360-364
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1980-14761-8