Preface The purpose of this handbcok is to supply a collection of mathematical formulas and tables whieh will prove to be valuable to students and research workers in the fiels of mathematics, physics, engineering and other sciences. To accomplish this, care has been taken to include these formulas and tables which are most likely to be needed in practice rather than highly specialized resulta which are rarely used, Every effort has been made to present results concisely as well as Drecisely so that they may be referred to with a maxi- mum of ease as well as confidence. Topics covered range from elementary ly advanced, Elementary lopics include those from algebra, geometry, trigonometry, analytic geometry and calculus. Advanced topies include those from differential equations, veciur analysis, Fourier series, gamma and bela functions, Bessel and Legendre functions, Fourier and Laplace transforms, elliptic functions and various uller special Cunclions of Jmporlanee, This wide voveruge of tuples has been adopted so as to provide within a single volume most of the important mathematical results eeded by Ure sludent ur reseureht worker reyardless of tis particular fteld uf interest or level of attainment, The book is divided into two main parts, Part I presents mathematical formulas together with other material, such as definitions, theorems, graphs, diagrams, etc., essential for propor underntanding and epplication of the formulas, Included in thio first part arc extensive tables of integrals and Laplace transforms which should be extremely useful to tho studont and research worker, Part IT proente numerical tables aach as the valucs of elementury functions (trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, hyperbolic, ete.) as well as advaneed functions (Bessel, Legendre, clliptie, cte.). In order to oliminate confusion, especially to the beginner in mathematies, the numerical tables for each funetion are sep- arated. ‘Thus, for example, the sine and cosine functions for angles in degrees and minutes, are given in separate tables rather than in one table so that there is no need to be concerned about the poseibility of orror duo to looking in the wrong column or row. [wish Wy Unk Ue varivus aulburs aud publishers who gave me permission Wo adapl data from their books for use in several tables of this handbook. Appropriate references to such sources are given next to the corresponding tables. In particular I am indebted lo the Literary Executor of the late Sir Ronald A. Fisher. F.RS., to Dr. Frank Yates, FRS.. and to Oliver and Boyd Ltd., Edinburgh, for permission to use data from Table III of their book Stetistical Tables jor Biological, Agricultural and Medical Research. Laleo wich to oxproso my gratitude to Nicola Monti, Henry Hayden and Jack Margolin for their excellent editorial cooreration. M.R. SPIEGEL Renssolser Polytechnic Institute Seplember, 1968CONTENTS Part FORMULAS 30. Special Constants Special Produets and Factors ‘The Binomial Formula and Binomial Coefficients Geometric Formulas ‘Ingorometrie Hunctions Complex Numbers ‘exponential end Logaritnmie Functions. Hyperbolic Functions .... Solutions of Algebraic Equations Formulas from Plane Analytic Geometry Special Plane Curves peseceeee Formulas trom Solid Analytic Geometry Derivatives ..- Indefinite Integrala Definite Integrals. . ‘The Gamma Function ‘The Bota Function Basie Differential Equations and Solutions Sories of Constants Taylor Sorias Bernoulli and Euler Numbers Formulas from Vectar Analysis Fourier Series... Besse] Functions. Legendre Functions ... Associated Legendre Funetions Hermite Polynomials Laguerre Polynomials . : Associated Laguerre Polynomials Chebyshey Polynomials... Page un SeeRek 101 103 104 07 110 4 6 1st 136 16 149 151 152 187