Accession Number:

AD0265309

Title:

NEW TECHNIQUES FOR MACHINE COMPUTATION OF THE Q-FUNCTION, TRUNCATED NORMAL DEVIATES, AND MATRIX EIGENVALUES

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC WALTHAM MASS

Personal Author(s):

• JOHANSEN,DONALD E.

Report Date:

1961-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Three engineering memoranda are covered 1 digital computer evaluation of the Q-function, 2 the generation of truncated random normal deviates, and 3 a modified Givens method for the eigenvalue evaluation of large matrices. Author

Descriptors:

• *DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• *FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• *MATRICES(MATHEMATICS)
• *STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS
• ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS
• MEMORY DEVICES
• DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS
• INTEGRALS
• MAGNETIC TAPE
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• SERIES(MATHEMATICS)
• STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE