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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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Formulas for calculating the error function of a complex variable
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Corrigendum: Math. Comp. 6 (1952), 61.
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  • © Copyright 1951 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 5 (1951), 67-70
  • MSC: Primary 65.0X
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1951-0048150-3
  • MathSciNet review: 0048150