Walter Gautschi, Volume 3. Selected works with commentaries. Edited by Claude Brezinski and Ahmed Sameh (Q1950253)

This is the final volume in a magnificent series of three, dedicated to the collected works of Walter Gautschi. As in the other volumes [Zbl 1292.01005; Zbl 1292.01006], several authors put the contributions of Walter to different subjects into historical perspective and, finally, the papers of Gautschi are reprinted. The description of the third volume follows below. \vskip0.3cm List of contributors \vskip0.3cm { Part I Commentaries} {\S 21} Linear recurrence relations (by Lisa Lorentzen) {\S 22} Ordinary differential eqiuations (by John Butcher) {\S 23} Computer algorithms and software packages (by Gradimir Milovanović) {\S 24} History and biography (by Gerhard Wanner) \quad\S 24.1 Euler \quad\S 24.2 The Bieberbach conjecture \quad\S 24.3 Survey articles \quad\S 24.4 Biography {\S 25} Miscellanea (by Martin J. Gander) \quad\S 25.1 The FG algorithm \quad\S 25.2 Slowly convergent series \quad\S 25.3 Slowly convergent series occurring in plate contact problems \quad\S 25.4 The Hardy-Littlewoord function \quad\S 25.5 The spiral of Theodorus \quad\S 25.6 Epilogue \vskip0.3cm { Part II Reprints} {\S 26} Papers on linear recurrence relations (6 papers; 1966--1997) {\S 27} Papers on ordinary differential equations (3 papers; 1961--1980) {\S 28} Papers on computer algorithms and software packages (2 papers; 1998, 2006) {\S 29} Papers on history and biography (13 papers; 1981--2011) {\S 30} Papers on miscellanea (7 papers; 1979--2010) \vskip0.3cm { Part III Werner Gautschi} {\S 31} Publications (5 papers; 1953--1959) {\S 32} Obituaries (2 papers; 1960) {\S 33} Recording (Trout Quintet)