Further comments on the computation of modified Bessel function ratios
Authors:
Marietta J. Tretter and G. W. Walster
Journal:
Math. Comp. 35 (1980), 937-939
MSC:
Primary 33A40
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1980-0572867-3
MathSciNet review:
572867
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Abstract: A theorem by W. J. Thron is used to enhance and further substantiate empirical results by Gautschi and Slavik on the convergence of continued fractions used to compute ratios of modified Bessel functions.
- [1] Walter Gautschi and Josef Slavik, On the computation of modified Bessel function ratios, Math. Comp. 32 (1978), no. 143, 865–875. MR 470267, https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1978-0470267-9
- [2] W. J. Thron, Convergence regions for continued fractions and other infinite processes, Amer. Math. Monthly 68 (1961), 734–750. MR 133444, https://doi.org/10.2307/2311977
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1980-0572867-3
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