Another Incarnation of the Lambert W Function

2017/03/20 by Alexander Kheyfits, Kheyfits, Alexander
Decision Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #33-99 #65H05 #Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA) #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Mathematics #Multidisciplinary Science and Engineering Research #Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1703.06833

openalex publication_date 2017/03/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The Lambert W function was introduced by Euler in 1779, but was not well-known until it was implemented in Maple, and the seminal paper of Corless, Gonnet, Hare, Jeffrey and Khuth was published in 1996. In this note we describe a simple problem, which can be straightforwardly solved in terms of the W function.

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