Thompson, William J.
THOMPSON, William J.
THOMPSON, William J. New Zealander, b. 1939. Genres: Mathematics/ Statistics. Career: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, faculty member, 1969-, professor of physics, 1978-. Publications: Computing in Applied Science, 1984; Computing for Scientists and Engineers, 1992; Angular Momentum, 1994; Atlas for Computing Mathematical Functions, 1997. Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255, U.S.A.
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