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In a 1631 edition of Academiae Algebrae, J. Faulhaber published the general formula for the power sum of the first n positive integers, sum_(k=1)^(n)k^p = H_(n,-p) (1) = ...

A generalization of the Runge-Kutta method for solution of ordinary differential equations, also called Rosenbrock methods.

A statistic defined to improve the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test in the tails.

A robust estimation based on linear combinations of order statistics. Examples include the statistical median and the trimean.

An algorithm for computing the eigenvalues and eigenvectors for large symmetric sparse matrices.

A robust estimation based on maximum likelihood arguments.

The process of computing a matrix inverse.

A mensuration formula is simply a formula for computing the length-related properties of an object (such as area, circumradius, etc., of a polygon) based on other known ...

Generalizes the secant method of root finding by using quadratic 3-point interpolation q=(x_n-x_(n-1))/(x_(n-1)-x_(n-2)). (1) Then define A = ...

The vector field N_f(z)=-(f(z))/(f^'(z)) arising in the definition of the Newtonian graph of a complex univariate polynomial f (Smale 1985, Shub et al. 1988, Kozen and ...