British Association for the Advancement of Science Methematical Tables

Abstract

THE. first edition of these useful tables was puhshed in 1931, and reviewed in Nature of May 4, 1933. In the second edition the table of the factorial or gamma function has been extended from tnq recent computation to 18 places of decimals by Mr. S. Johnston. A few errors in the other tables have been corrected. Those who possess the first edition may obtain a list of these corrections on application to the Office of the British Association, Burlington House, London, W.1. The elaborate introduction that appeared in the first edition has been greatly reduced; the portions that have been deleted are those concerning the history of the Committee, the formulæ used in the computation of the tables, bibliographical references, and an account of the Hermitian Hh functions. What is left is the portion directly useful to the user of the tables. Computers are deeply indebted to Prof. E. H. Neville and his colleagues for their arduous labours.

British Association for the Advancement of Science Methematical Tables

Vol. 1: Circular and Hyperbolic Functions, Exponential and Sine and Cosine Integrals, Factorial Function and Allied Functions, Hermitian Probability Functions. Prepared by the Committee for the Calculation of Mathematical Tables. Second edition. Pp. xi + 72. (London: Cambridge University Press, 1946.) 10s. net.