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Book Information:
Author:
Jet Wimp
Title:
Sequence transformations and their applications
Additional book information:
Mathematics in Science and Engineering, vol. 154, Academic Press, 1981, xix + 257 pp., $38.50. ISBN 0-12-757940-0.
Ralph P. Boas, Estimating remainders, Math. Mag. 51 (1978), no. 2, 83–89. MR 612186, DOI 10.2307/2690143
Claude Brezinski, Accélération de la convergence en analyse numérique, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 584, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, 1977 (French). MR 0455266
Claude Brezinski, Algorithmes d’accélération de la convergence, Collection Langages et Algorithmes de l’Informatique, Éditions Technip, Paris, 1978 (French). Étude numérique. MR 511657
Philip Calabrese, Classroom Notes: A Note on Alternating Series, Amer. Math. Monthly 69 (1962), no. 3, 215–217. MR 1531588, DOI 10.2307/2311056
B. Germain-Bonne, Transformations de suites, Rev. Française Automat. Informat. Recherche Opérationnelle 7 (1973), no. R-1, 84–90 (French, with Loose English summary). MR 0356440
6. B. Germain-Bonne, Thesis, Univ. des Sciences et Techniques de Lille, 1978.
T. Hȧvie, Generalized Neville type extrapolation schemes, BIT 19 (1979), no. 2, 204–213. MR 537780, DOI 10.1007/BF01930850
8. R. L. Higgins, Thesis, Drexel Univ., 1976.
Richard Johnsonbaugh, Summing an alternating series, Amer. Math. Monthly 86 (1979), no. 8, 637–648. MR 546176, DOI 10.2307/2321292
10. E. E. Kummer, Eine neue methode, die numerischen summen langsam convergirenden reihen zu berechnen, J. Reine Angew. Math. 16 (1837), 206-214.
Mark A. Pinsky, Averaging an alternating series, Math. Mag. 51 (1978), no. 4, 235–237. MR 506726, DOI 10.2307/2689470
12. D. F. Riddle, Calculus and analytic geometry (2nd ed.), Wadsworth, Belmont, California, 1974.
R. J. Schmidt, On the numerical solution of linear simultaneous equations by an iterative method, Philos. Mag. (7) 32 (1941), 369–383. MR 6231
Daniel Shanks, Non-linear transformations of divergent and slowly convergent sequences, J. Math. and Phys. 34 (1955), 1–42. MR 68901, DOI 10.1002/sapm19553411
William F. Trench, An algorithm for the inversion of finite Hankel matrices, J. Soc. Indust. Appl. Math. 13 (1965), 1102–1107. MR 189232
16. R. R. Tucker, Thesis, Oregon State University, 1963.
Richard R. Tucker, The $\delta ^{2}$-process and related topics, Pacific J. Math. 22 (1967), 349–359. MR 218780
Richard R. Tucker, The $\delta ^{2}$-process and related topics. II, Pacific J. Math. 28 (1969), 455–463. MR 243220
19. R. R. Tucker, A general theory of alternating series, 1986 (in preparation).
- 1.
- R. P. Boas, Estimating remainders, Math. Magazine 51 (1978), 83-89. MR 0612186
- 2.
- C. Brezinski, Accélération de la convergence en analyse numérique, Lecture Notes in Math., vol. 584, Springer-Verlag, Berlin and New York, 1977. MR 455266
- 3.
- C. Brezinski, Algorithmes d'accélération de la convergence: Etude numérique, Editions Technip, Paris, 1978. MR 511657
- 4.
- P. Calabrese, A note on alternating series, Amer. Math. Monthly 69 (1962), 215-217; repr. in Selected Papers in Calculus, 1968, pp. 352-353. MR 1531588
- 5.
- B. Germain-Bonne, Transformations de suites, Rev. Française Automat. Informat. Recherche Opérationnelle 7 (1973), 84-94. MR 356440
- 6.
- B. Germain-Bonne, Thesis, Univ. des Sciences et Techniques de Lille, 1978.
- 7.
- T. Havie, Generalized neville type extrapolation schemes, BIT 19 (1979), 204-213. MR 537780
- 8.
- R. L. Higgins, Thesis, Drexel Univ., 1976.
- 9.
- R. Johnsonbaugh, Summing an alternating series, Amer. Math. Monthly 86 (1979), 637-648. MR 546176
- 10.
- E. E. Kummer, Eine neue methode, die numerischen summen langsam convergirenden reihen zu berechnen, J. Reine Angew. Math. 16 (1837), 206-214.
- 11.
- M. A. Pinsky, Averaging an alternating series, Math. Magazine 51 (1978), 235-237. MR 506726
- 12.
- D. F. Riddle, Calculus and analytic geometry (2nd ed.), Wadsworth, Belmont, California, 1974.
- 13.
- J. R. Schmidt, Philos. Mag. 32 (1941), 369-383. MR 6231
- 14.
- D. Shanks, Non-linear transformations of divergent and slowly convergent sequences, J. Math. Phys. 34 (1955), 1-42. MR 68901
- 15.
- W. F. Trench, An algorithm for the inversion of finite Hankel matrices, Siam. J. Appl. Math. 13 (1965), 1102-1107. MR 189232
- 16.
- R. R. Tucker, Thesis, Oregon State University, 1963.
- 17.
- R. R. Tucker, The δ, Pacific J. Math. 22 (1967), 349-359. MR 218780
- 18.
- R. R. Tucker, The δ. II, Pacific J. Math. 28 (1969), 455-463. MR 243220
- 19.
- R. R. Tucker, A general theory of alternating series, 1986 (in preparation).
Review Information:
Reviewer:
Richard R. Tucker
Journal:
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.
15 (1986), 245-252
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1986-15494-7