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@Article{Halpern:1988:ICD,
  author =       "P. Halpern and J. V. Dave",
  title =        "Interactive computations and display of
                 characteristics of the radiation scattered by a sphere:
                 {A} demonstration for {PS/2 Model} 80",
  journal =      j-IBM-SYS-J,
  volume =       "27",
  number =       "4",
  pages =        "561--569",
  month =        nov,
  year =         "1988",
  CODEN =        "IBMSA7",
  ISSN =         "0018-8670",
  bibdate =      "Tue Mar 19 17:38:46 1996",
  abstract =     "The Personal System/2 (PS/2) Model 80 with its math
                 coprocessor provides a considerable amount of computing
                 power which can be used with advantage to solve
                 technical problems interactively at a standalone
                 workstation. To demonstrate this capability, a
                 scientific program routinely used in diverse
                 disciplines requiring significant computing power was
                 modified to run on the PS/2 Model 80. It computes and
                 displays variations of the specific intensity and
                 degree of polarization of the electromagnetic radiation
                 scattered by a sphere of given refractive index. For a
                 sphere of size parameter of 100, about 475000
                 double-precision floating-point calculations are
                 performed and the results displayed in graphic format
                 in less than ten seconds. The selected algorithm is
                 routinely used in several different disciplines such as
                 astronomy, atmospheric optics, chemical engineering,
                 colloidal chemistry, and remote sensing. Because it
                 requires the evaluation of spherical Bessel functions
                 with complex arguments, and derivatives of the Legendre
                 polynomials, it was selected as a representative
                 problem of numerically intensive computing.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  affiliation =  "IBM Palo Alto Sci. Center, CA, USA",
  classification = "C7320 (Physics and Chemistry); C4170 (Differential
                 equations); C4130 (Interpolation and function
                 approximation); C6130 (Data handling techniques)",
  keywords =     "algorithms; design, IBM; Electromagnetic radiation;
                 Legendre polynomials; Math coprocessor; measurement;
                 Numerically intensive computing; performance; Personal
                 System/2; Physics computing; PS/2 Model 80; Radiation;
                 Refractive index; Scientific program; Specific
                 intensity; Spherical Bessel functions; theory",
  language =     "English",
  pubcountry =   "USA",
  subject =      "K.8 Computing Milieux, PERSONAL COMPUTING, IBM PC \\
                 J.2 Computer Applications, PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND
                 ENGINEERING, Physics \\ I.4.9 Computing Methodologies,
                 IMAGE PROCESSING, Applications",
  thesaurus =    "Bessel functions; Electromagnetic wave scattering; IBM
                 computers; Microcomputer applications; Physics
                 computing; Polynomials; Symbol manipulation",
}

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