Abstract
SINCE 1931, when the British Association started to publish mathematical tables in volume form, three sets of tables have appeared. The first comprised tables of general utility: trigonometric, hyperbolic, exponential, gamma and other functions. The second issue contained Emden functions and had therefore a less popular appeal, since the tables were designed to aid in certain astrophysical researches, and the cost of printing was undertaken by the International Astronomical Union. The present (third) volume, while not perhaps of such a specialised character, deals with a subject which from its nature must interest directly but a small body of scientific workers.
British Association for the Advancement of Science. Mathematical Tables.
Vol. 3: Minimum Decompositions into Fifth Powers. Prepared By Prof. L. E. Dickson. (Published under the supervision of the British Association Committee for the Calculation of Mathematical Tables.) Pp. vi + 368. (London: British Association, 1933.) 10s.
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MILNE-THOMSON, L. British Association for the Advancement of Science Mathematical Tables . Nature 133, 273–274 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133273a0
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