Moshier (1989, §6.14) provides minimax rational approximations
for calculating , , , .
They are in terms of the variable
, where
when is positive,
when is negative,
and when .
The approximations apply when , that is,
when or .
The precision in the coefficients is 21S.
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►These expansions are for real arguments and are supplied in sets of four for each function, corresponding to intervals , , , .
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Corless et al. (1992) describe a method of approximation based on
subdividing into a triangular mesh, with values of ,
stored at the nodes. and are then
computed from Taylor-series expansions centered at one of the nearest nodes.
The Taylor coefficients are generated by recursion, starting from the stored
values of ,
at the node. Similarly for
, .
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►Figure 4.3.2 illustrates the conformal mapping of the strip onto the whole -plane cut along the negative real axis, where and (principal value).
…Lines parallel to the real axis in the -plane map onto rays in the -plane, and lines parallel to the imaginary axis in the -plane map onto circles centered at the origin in the -plane.
In the labeling of corresponding points is a real parameter that can lie anywhere in the interval .
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►In the graphics shown in this subsection height corresponds to the absolute value of the function and color to the phase.
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►If through positive real values with fixed, then
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►For extensions of the regions of validity in the -plane and extensions to complex values of see Olver (1997b, pp. 378–382).
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►Thus as with
and
both fixed,
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►In the case of (10.41.13) with positive real values of the result is a consequence of the error bounds given in Olver (1997b, pp. 377–378).
Then by expanding the quantities , , and , , and rearranging, we arrive at an expansion of the right-hand side of (10.41.13) in powers of .
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►The contour of integration starts and terminates at a point on the real axis between and .
…The fractional powers are continuous and assume their principal valuesat
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…At the point where the contour crosses the interval , and the function assume their principal values; compare §§15.1 and 15.2(i).
…At this point the fractional powers are determined by and .
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►If , then
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►With and
…Similar specializations of formulas in §31.3(ii) yield solutions in the neighborhoods of the singularities , , and , where and are related to as in §19.2(ii).