"Oulines an array of recent work on the analytic theory and potential applications of continued fractions, linear functionals, orthogonal functions, moment theory, and integral transforms. Describes links between continued fractions. Pade approximation, special functions, and Gaussian quadrature."

About the Author
WILLIAM B. JONES is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Colo rado. He is the author or coauthor of more than 190 research papers, abstracts, and invited lectures. Dr. Jones is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the American Association of University Professors. He received the B.A. degree (1953) from Jacksonville State University, Alabama, and the M.A. (1955) and Ph.D. (1963) degrees from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. A. SRI RANGA is Professor of Numerical Analysis in the Departamento de Ciencias de Computa<;:ao e Estatfstica, Instituto de Biociencias, Letras e Ciencias Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is a member of the Sociedade Brasileira de Matematica Aplicada e Computacinal and the American Mathematical Society. Dr. Sri Ranga received the Ph.D. degree (1984) from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and the Livre Docencia degree (1991) from the Universidade de Sao Paulo, in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.


Book Information
ISBN 9781138413269
Author William Jones
Format Hardback
Page Count 440
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 970g