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Continued fraction expansions for the plasma dispersion function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

J. H. McCabe
Affiliation:
The Mathematical Institute, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Abstract

Two continued fraction expansions for the plasma dispersion function are given. The first is a very simple expansion for which error estimates can be obtained and which provides better approximations as the modulus of the argument increases. The second, while not so simple, provides whole range approximations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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