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THE tabulation in this volume is mainly concerned with the function Ai(x) and its derivative, and before discussing the actual details of the tables, it is instructive to recall the history of the function. A little over one hundred years ago, in calculations relating to the light-intensity in the neighbourhood of a caustic, Airy was confronted with the integral
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Mathematical Tables. Part-Volume B : The Airy Integral, giving Tables of Solutions of the Differential Equation y = xy. Prepared by J. C. P. Miller. Pp. B.56. (Cambridge : At the University Press, 1946.) 10s. net.
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PEARCE, J. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Nature 159, 113 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159113a0
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