Mathematical methods and special functions have long served as the backbone of modern theoretical physics and applied mathematics. These tools enable researchers to solve complex differential ...

NIST has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions. In development for over a decade, the DLMF is designed to be a modern successor to a ...

Mathematics is one of the oldest disciplines of study. For all its antiquity, however, it is a modern, rapidly growing field. Only 70 years ago, mathematics might have been said to consist of algebra, ...

The Handbook of Mathematical Functions by Milton Abramovich and Irene Stegun is the one book I would wish to have on a desert island. Unlike a novel, it withstands infinities of rereadings. Its ...

A solution to the greatest unresolved problem in pure mathematics – Riemann's hypothesis – could be coming closer, thanks to a remarkable international collaboration involving mathematicians from the ...

Knowing just how much inventory is enough for current or projected sales can be a daunting task for any business. Too much on-hand inventory can cut into profits, and too little inventory may mean ...

In this paper we deal with the following problems: When do the solutions of a collection of differential equations satisfy an elementary relation, that is, when is there an equation of the form R = 0 ...

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