THE value of Dr. McLachlan's book to engineer users of Bessel functions will depend on the kind of engineer who refers to it. Probably the electrical or acoustical engineer will be well pleased and ...

THE memoir in which Bessel, the astronomer, examined in detail the functions which now bear his name was published in 1824, and was the outcome of his earlier researches concerning the expression of ...

Special functions are extremely useful and, as the great American mathematician, R. Askey wrote, 'those who need them and those who know them should start to talk to each other.' As a tribute to Askey ...