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The standard algorithm for the numerical evaluation of the prolate spheroidal wave function $\mathsf{Ps}\hskip.05em{}_{n}(x;\gamma^2)$ of order $0$, bandlimit $\gamma > 0$ and characteristic exponent $n$ has running time which grows with…

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