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Some generalizations of the Sₙ sequence of Shanks

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2NT

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Acta Arithmetica
1995/69/3
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Pages:
199-215
Main language of publication
English
Received
1993-02-22
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences