Numerical values of Goldberg’s coefficients in the series for 𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑒^{𝑥}𝑒^{𝑦})

Newman, Morris; Thompson, Robert C.

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1987-0866114-9

Numerical values of Goldberg’s coefficients in the series for $\textrm {log}(e^ xe^ y)$
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Math. Comp. 48 (1987), 265-271 Request permission

Abstract:

The coefficients of K. Goldberg in the infinite series for $\log ({e^x}{e^y})$ for noncommuting x and y are computed as far as words of length twenty.

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