Abramowitz and Stegun

Abramowitz - Stegun Abramowitz and Stegun or is the colloquial term often used for a known mathematical reference book with the ( English ) Original Title Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables. The reference was created by Milton Abramowitz and Irene Stegun of the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST ).

First published in 1964, the book is one of the most comprehensive references to particular functions and contains definitions and approximation formulas, graphs and tables of values ​​. Given the increasing use of computer algebra systems parts of the book (particularly the tables of values ​​) declined in importance, apart from that it is still a much-quoted and widely used reference work. Until the end of 1968 it was already sold 100,000 copies.

Since the handbook by U.S. government employees was made in an official capacity, it is copyright free. There have appeared several printed editions, the most famous from Dover Publications (ISBN 0-486-61272-4 ). A streamlined version that contains only the formula but not part of the extensive tables, published as Pocketbook of Mathematical Functions Verlag Harri German (ISBN 3-87144-818-4 ) in 1984. In addition, there is the internet freely available.

In May 2010, is the successor, the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Verlag published at Cambridge. In addition, there is also an extended online version of NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions.