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Comments on papers by Maddison and Westreich

63. R. P. Brent, Comments on papers by Maddison and Westreich (correspondence), Computer Journal 24 (1981), 95-96.

Correspondence: pdf (223K).

This correspondence presents critical comments on two unrelated papers:

Maddison ["Fast lookup in hash tables with direct rehashing", Computer Journal 23 (1980), 188-189] concerning scatter storage techniques and in particular the technique of Brent [13].
Westreich ["Improving polynomial evaluation at an approximate root", Computer Journal 23 (1980), 187] concerning accurate polynomial evaluation near a zero.