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Further results on the computation of incomplete gamma functions

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Analytic Theory of Continued Fractions II

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Jacobsen, L., Jones, W.B., Waadeland, H. (1986). Further results on the computation of incomplete gamma functions. In: Thron, W.J. (eds) Analytic Theory of Continued Fractions II. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1199. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0075936

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