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Journal of Research Volume 78B

Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, Section B: Mathematical Sciences

The Journal of Research of NIST and its predecessors report NIST research and development in metrology and related fields of: physical science, engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, biotechnology, information technology.

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Volume 78B

ISSN: 0098-8979

Issue 1

Issue 2

Issue 3

Issue 4




Issue 1 January 1974

A class of positive stable matrices, p. 1
Carlson, David
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.001

The Smith normal form of a partitioned matrix, p. 3
Newman, Morris
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.002

A Lyapunov theorem for angular cones, p. 7
Johnson, Charles R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.003

Second, third, and fourth order D-stability, p. 11
Johnson, Charles R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.004

Comparison of some FORTRAN programs for matrix inversion, p. 15
Fitzgerald, Kenneth E.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.005

On characters of subgroups, p. 35
Merris, Russel
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.006

Integer arithmetic determination of polynomial real roots, p. 39
Reitwiesner, George W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.007


Issue 2 April 1974

Rational equivalence of unimodular circulants, p. 63
Pierce, Stephen
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.008

How to determine accuracy of the output of a matrix inversion program, p. 65
Newman, Morris
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.009

A conjecture on a matrix group with 2 generators, p. 69
Newman, Morris
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.010

A property of equivalence, p. 71
Newman, Morris
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.011

Comments on the discrete matrix model of population dynamics, p. 73
Freese, Ralph, and Johnson, Charles R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.012

Fixed-point solution of plant input/location problems, p. 79
Goldman, A.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.013

A new proof of pick's theorem, p. 95
Minsker, Steven
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.014


Issue 3 July 1974

A sufficient condition for matrix stability, p. 103
Johnson, Charles R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.015

Computation of the field of values of a 2 x 2 matrix, p. 105
Johnson, Charles R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.016

The factorization of a matrix as the commutator of two matrices, p. 109
Smith, John M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.017

Complete elliptic integrals resulting from infinite integrals of Bessel functions, p. 113
Okui, Shigehiko
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.018

The convex hull of transposition matrices, p. 137
Joel, Lambert S.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.019

Computational experience with an algorithm for finding the k shortest paths in a network, p. 139
Shier, Douglas R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.020

How bad is Hadamard determinantal bound?, p. 167
Johnson, Charles R.; Newman, Morris
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.021


Issue 4 October 1974

Saddlepoints in p-pivot classes of skew matrices, p. 181
Stein, Marjorie L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.022

Maximizing the number of spanning trees in a graph with n nodes and m edges, p. 193
Shier, D. R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.023

Field of values and spectra of positive definite multiples, p. 197
Johnson, Charles R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.024

Automatic computing methods for special functions. Part II: The exponential integral En(x), p. 199
Stegun, Irena A.; Zucker, Ruth
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.078B.025

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