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In mathematics, '''Lentz's algorithm''' is an [[algorithm]] to evaluate [[generalized continued fraction|continued fraction]]s and compute tables of spherical [[Bessel function]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Lentz|first=W. J.|date=1973-09-01|title=A Method of Computing Spherical Bessel Functions of Complex Argument with Tables|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ad0767223|___location=Fort Belvoir, VA|doi=10.21236/ad0767223 }}</ref><ref>Numerical Receipes in C++ page 177-179 ISBN 0 521 75033 4.</ref>

The now usual method is by Thompson IJ and Barnett AR (1986) Journal of Computational Physics, vol 64, pp 490-509.

== History ==