Two methods are discussed which result in near minimax rational approximations to the exponential function and at the same time retain the desirable property that the approximation for negative values ...

ABSTRACT: Let μ M,D be a self-affine measure associated with an expanding integer matrix M=[ p 1 ,0,0; p 4 , p 2 ,0; p 5 ,0, p 3 ] and the digit set D={ 0, e 1 , e 2 , e 3 } in the space R 3 , where p ...

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School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong 266580, China State Key Laboratory of Deep Oil and Gas, China University of Petroleum(East China), Qingdao 266580, ...

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