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NIST Publishes Preview of Math Reference

Posted by kdawson on from the mmmm-math dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Abramowitz & Stegun has been one of the most authoritative references for special functions and engineering mathematics since the 1960s, when it was published by the US Bureau of Standards (now NIST). NIST has been working on an freely-available online updated version to this legendary reference for years. A preview of the digital library of mathematical functions (which uses MathML and requires some of its fonts) is now available from NIST's website."

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  1. Re:Yeesh. by gr3kgr33n · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its taking so long because the purist mathematicians can't see that their services are needed by those other professions

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  2. Re:MathML... by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 2, Funny

    'Nuf said (but having said that, I will say more). The notion that all things are made better with XML seems to be a particular class of programmer's corollary to the priest's notion that all things are made better with God. The true believers in each are just as insufferable.

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