ALGORITHM-779 - FERMI-DIRAC FUNCTIONS OF ORDER -1 2,1/2,3/2,512/

Authors
MACLEOD AJ
Citation
Aj. Macleod, ALGORITHM-779 - FERMI-DIRAC FUNCTIONS OF ORDER -1 2,1/2,3/2,512/, ACM transactions on mathematical software, 24(1), 1998, pp. 1-12
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming",Mathematics,"Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming",Mathematics
Journal title
ACM transactions on mathematical software → ACNP
ISSN journal
00983500
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-3500(1998)24:1<1:A-FFOO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The computation of Fermi-Dirac integrals F-k is discussed for the valu es k = -1, 1/2, 9/2, 5/2. We derive Chebyshev polynomial expansions wh ich allow the computation of these functions to double precision IEEE accuracy.