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Evaluating parametric holonomic sequences using rectangular splitting
We adapt the rectangular splitting technique of Paterson and Stockmeyer to
the problem of evaluating terms in holonomic sequences that depend on a
parameter. This approach allows computing the -th term in a recurrent
sequence of suitable type using "expensive" operations at the cost
of an increased number of "cheap" operations.
Rectangular splitting has little overhead and can perform better than either
naive evaluation or asymptotically faster algorithms for ranges of
encountered in applications. As an example, fast numerical evaluation of the
gamma function is investigated. Our work generalizes two previous algorithms of
Smith.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figure
Computing hypergeometric functions rigorously
We present an efficient implementation of hypergeometric functions in
arbitrary-precision interval arithmetic. The functions , ,
and (or the Kummer -function) are supported for
unrestricted complex parameters and argument, and by extension, we cover
exponential and trigonometric integrals, error functions, Fresnel integrals,
incomplete gamma and beta functions, Bessel functions, Airy functions, Legendre
functions, Jacobi polynomials, complete elliptic integrals, and other special
functions. The output can be used directly for interval computations or to
generate provably correct floating-point approximations in any format.
Performance is competitive with earlier arbitrary-precision software, and
sometimes orders of magnitude faster. We also partially cover the generalized
hypergeometric function and computation of high-order parameter
derivatives.Comment: v2: corrected example in section 3.1; corrected timing data for case
E-G in section 8.5 (table 6, figure 2); adjusted paper siz
Computing the Lambert W function in arbitrary-precision complex interval arithmetic
We describe an algorithm to evaluate all the complex branches of the Lambert
W function with rigorous error bounds in interval arithmetic, which has been
implemented in the Arb library. The classic 1996 paper on the Lambert W
function by Corless et al. provides a thorough but partly heuristic numerical
analysis which needs to be complemented with some explicit inequalities and
practical observations about managing precision and branch cuts.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure
Convergence rates for loop-erased random walk and other Loewner curves
We estimate convergence rates for curves generated by Loewner's differential
equation under the basic assumption that a convergence rate for the driving
terms is known. An important tool is what we call the tip structure modulus, a
geometric measure of regularity for Loewner curves parameterized by capacity.
It is analogous to Warschawski's boundary structure modulus and closely related
to annuli crossings. The main application we have in mind is that of a random
discrete-model curve approaching a Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) curve in the
lattice size scaling limit. We carry out the approach in the case of
loop-erased random walk (LERW) in a simply connected domain. Under mild
assumptions of boundary regularity, we obtain an explicit power-law rate for
the convergence of the LERW path toward the radial SLE path in the supremum
norm, the curves being parameterized by capacity. On the deterministic side, we
show that the tip structure modulus gives a sufficient geometric condition for
a Loewner curve to be H\"{o}lder continuous in the capacity parameterization,
assuming its driving term is H\"{o}lder continuous. We also briefly discuss the
case when the curves are a priori known to be H\"{o}lder continuous in the
capacity parameterization and we obtain a power-law convergence rate depending
only on the regularity of the curves.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/13-AOP872 the Annals of
Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
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