Software Test Service for Special Functions Proposed
January 1997
NISTIR 5916, A Proposed Software Test Service for Special Functions,
proposes the development of a software test service at NIST for use in
testing the accuracy, or numerical precision, of mathematical software
for special functions. The service would use the World Wide Web to receive
test requests and to return test results. The service would be useful to
anyone who uses special functions in physics or other applications. It
also would stimulate the interest of applied mathematicians in the computation
of special functions as well as the interest of computer scientists in
innovative uses of the Internet. The author welcomes comments on any aspect
of the proposed service.
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