All,

I just received a note via a long chain that ended with Mary Croarken about a new web page by Denis Roegel that presents a very complete analysis of most of the major mathematical table projects prior to the 20th century, including both Vlacq and Prony.  While the subject predates the interests of many on this list, it remains an important part of computing history and deserves to be better known.    The link is http://www.loria.fr/~roegel/locomat.html

David

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David Alan Grier

FIrst Vice President IEEE Computer Society 2011

Vice President of Publications, 

Associate Professor of International Science and Technology Policy

Center for International Science and Technology Policy

Elliott School Of International Affairs

George Washington University

grier@computer.org

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