Efficient continued fraction approximations to elementary functions.

Spielberg, Kurt

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1961-0134842-0

Efficient continued fraction approximations to elementary functions.

Author: Kurt Spielberg
Journal: Math. Comp. 15 (1961), 409-417
MSC: Primary 65.20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1961-0134842-0
MathSciNet review: 0134842
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