THIS is the first volume of an undertaking which promises to be as imposing as it is important. The work, begun in 1927 under the direction of Mr. H. T. Davis with the assistance of twenty colleagues, ...

The Handbook of Mathematical Functions by Milton Abramovich and Irene Stegun is the one book I would wish to have on a desert island. Unlike a novel, it withstands infinities of rereadings. Its ...