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<h3 class="section">7.34 References and Further Reading</h3>
<p>The library follows the conventions of <cite>Abramowitz & Stegun</cite> where
possible,
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<li>Abramowitz & Stegun (eds.), <cite>Handbook of Mathematical Functions</cite>
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<p class="noindent">The following papers contain information on the algorithms used
to compute the special functions,
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<li>MISCFUN: A software package to compute uncommon special functions.
<cite>ACM Trans. Math. Soft.</cite>, vol. 22, 1996, 288–301
<li>G.N. Watson, A Treatise on the Theory of Bessel Functions,
2nd Edition (Cambridge University Press, 1944).
<li>G. Nemeth, Mathematical Approximations of Special Functions,
Nova Science Publishers, ISBN 1-56072-052-2
<li>B.C. Carlson, Special Functions of Applied Mathematics (1977)
<li>W.J. Thompson, Atlas for Computing Mathematical Functions, John Wiley & Sons,
New York (1997).
<li>Y.Y. Luke, Algorithms for the Computation of Mathematical Functions, Academic
Press, New York (1977).
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