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Monotonicity Properties of the Relative Error of a Padé Approximation for Mills' Ratio  
 
  Authors: Iosif Pinelis,  
  Keywords: Mills' ratio, Complementary error function, Failure rate, Padé approximation, Continuous fractions, Relative error, L'Hospital's Rule, Monotonicity  
  Date Received: 29/01/01  
  Date Accepted: 16/11/01  
  Subject Codes:

26A48,26D10,26D15,33B20,40A15,41A17,41A2

 
  Editors: Terry M. Mills,  
 
  Abstract:

Based on a ``monotonicity'' analogue of the l'Hospital Rule, monotonicity properties of the relative error are established for a Padé approximation of Mills' ratio.;



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