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1: 7.21 Physical Applications
§7.21 Physical Applications
Fresnel integrals and Cornu’s spiral occurred originally in the analysis of the diffraction of light; see Born and Wolf (1999, §8.7). …
2: 7.20 Mathematical Applications
§7.20(ii) Cornu’s Spiral
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Figure 7.20.1: Cornu’s spiral, formed from Fresnel integrals, is defined parametrically by x = C ( t ) , y = S ( t ) , t [ 0 , ) . Magnify
3: 20 Theta Functions
Chapter 20 Theta Functions
4: 7.24 Approximations
  • Cody (1969) provides minimax rational approximations for erf x and erfc x . The maximum relative precision is about 20S.

  • Cody et al. (1970) gives minimax rational approximations to Dawson’s integral F ( x ) (maximum relative precision 20S–22S).

  • 5: 7.3 Graphics
    See accompanying text
    Figure 7.3.3: Fresnel integrals C ( x ) and S ( x ) , 0 x 4 . Magnify
    6: 7.23 Tables
  • Zhang and Jin (1996, pp. 638, 640–641) includes the real and imaginary parts of erf z , x [ 0 , 5 ] , y = 0.5 ( .5 ) 3 , 7D and 8D, respectively; the real and imaginary parts of x e ± i t 2 d t , ( 1 / π ) e i ( x 2 + ( π / 4 ) ) x e ± i t 2 d t , x = 0 ( .5 ) 20 ( 1 ) 25 , 8D, together with the corresponding modulus and phase to 8D and 6D (degrees), respectively.

  • 7: 8.26 Tables
  • Khamis (1965) tabulates P ( a , x ) for a = 0.05 ( .05 ) 10 ( .1 ) 20 ( .25 ) 70 , 0.0001 x 250 to 10D.

  • Abramowitz and Stegun (1964, pp. 245–248) tabulates E n ( x ) for n = 2 , 3 , 4 , 10 , 20 , x = 0 ( .01 ) 2 to 7D; also ( x + n ) e x E n ( x ) for n = 2 , 3 , 4 , 10 , 20 , x 1 = 0 ( .01 ) 0.1 ( .05 ) 0.5 to 6S.

  • Pagurova (1961) tabulates E n ( x ) for n = 0 ( 1 ) 20 , x = 0 ( .01 ) 2 ( .1 ) 10 to 4-9S; e x E n ( x ) for n = 2 ( 1 ) 10 , x = 10 ( .1 ) 20 to 7D; e x E p ( x ) for p = 0 ( .1 ) 1 , x = 0.01 ( .01 ) 7 ( .05 ) 12 ( .1 ) 20 to 7S or 7D.

  • Zhang and Jin (1996, Table 19.1) tabulates E n ( x ) for n = 1 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 10 , 15 , 20 , x = 0 ( .1 ) 1 , 1.5 , 2 , 3 , 5 , 10 , 20 , 30 , 50 , 100 to 7D or 8S.

  • 8: 36 Integrals with Coalescing Saddles
    Chapter 36 Integrals with Coalescing Saddles
    9: 8 Incomplete Gamma and Related
    Functions
    10: 28 Mathieu Functions and Hill’s Equation