Dirk Laurie on Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:11:48 +0200


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Re: Elliptic Integrals?


2018-06-14 11:28 GMT+02:00 Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 09:02:47PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 09:00:52PM +0200, Eduardo Morras wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello, I'm trying to implement an algorithm that uses Elliptic Integrals.
>>
>> Hello Eduardo,
>>
>> Which kind of elliptic integrals do you need ?
>> You might be able to use ellperiods.
>>
>> I have this GP script which computes E and K.
>> (numE/numK are the slow version, agmE/agmK are the fast ones).
>> (Unfortunately I forgot where I found the formulae, which avoid
>> the derivation).
>
> I found the reference for the formulae:
>
> An Eloquent Formula for the Perimeter of an Ellipse
> Semjon Adlaj
> Notices of the AMS 2012
> <http://www.ams.org/notices/201208/rtx120801094p.pdf>

Also useful is the NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
https://dlmf.nist.gov/19

-- Dirk