Richard Brent - Research Interests (4)
Numerical analysis and numerical algorithms
zero-finding
and
optimization
fast algorithms for
structured matrices
e.g.
Toeplitz
matrices
numerical stability
of fast algorithms
Schur
/
Bareiss
algorithm
algorithms using
partial pivoting
general
weakly stable
algorithms
parallel algorithms for
triangular
systems
high-precision computations
complexity
of multiple-precision arithmetic
implementation
of multiple-precision arithmetic
computation of
special functions and constants
pi
and
elementary functions
-
Landen
transformations and the
Gauss
-
Legendre
(or Brent-Salamin) algorithm
e.g.
Euler
's
constant
(jointly with
Ed McMillan
) - for recent computations by
Thomas Papanikolaou
press
here
Ramanujan
and Euler's
constant
other links on
constants
(the ISC home page)
NA-net
home page (useful information and addresses)
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