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The Lambert W function, implicitly defined by W(x) exp{W(x)}=x, is a "new" special function that has recently been the subject of an extended upsurge in interest and applications. In this note, I point out that the Lambert W function can…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-10 Matt Visser

The Lambert W function has utility for solving various exponential and logarithmic equations arranged in the form of $g(x)e^{g(x)}$. Using the Lambert W function and tetration, a variety of categorized inversion formulas are presented.…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2020-10-27 Sidney Edwards

This short note presents the Lambert W(x) function and its possible application in the framework of physics related to the Pierre Auger Observatory. The actual numerical implementation in C++ consists of Halley's and Fritsch's iteration…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Darko Veberic

This paper introduces a new numerical method for approximating the Lambert W function in the real domain. The method transforms the function into a simpler form that allows iterative refinement of an initial guess. Two iterative strategies…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Narinder Kumar Wadhawan

The Lambert W(x) function and its possible applications in physics are presented. The actual numerical implementation in C++ consists of Halley's and Fritsch's iterations with initial approximations based on branch-point expansion,…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Darko Veberic

Solutions to a wide variety of transcendental equations can be expressed in terms of the Lambert $\mathrm{W}$ function. The $\mathrm{W}$ function, occurring frequently in applications, is a non-elementary, but now standard mathematical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-21 Lajos Lóczi

In this paper we introduce the $p$-adic analogue of the Lambert $W$ function, and study its main properties.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-01-03 István Mező

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…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Alexander Kheyfits

The function $y = g(x) = \mathrm{log}\big(W(e^x)\big)$, where $W()$ denotes the Lambert W function, is the solution to the equation $y + e^y = x$. It appears in various problem situations, for instance the calculation of current-voltage…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-09 Ken Roberts

In this work, we have taken up some distributions, mostly Weibull family, whose quantile functions could not be obtained using the traditional inversion method. We have solved the same quantile functions by using the inversion method only,…

Computation · Statistics 2025-03-26 Subhashree Patra , Subarna Bhattacharjee

The Lambert $W$ function, giving the solutions of a simple transcendental equation, has become a famous function and arises in many applications in combinatorics, physics, or population dyamics just to mention a few. In the last decade it…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-06-23 István Mező , Árpád Baricz

Some diophantine problems are stated for the Omega constant and, more generally, the values of Lambert $W$-function and their $p$-adic extensions.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-30 Wadim Zudilin

This paper investigates the generalized convexity properties of the Lambert $W$ function, defined as the solution to $W(z)e^{W(z)}=z$. Focusing on $H_{p,q}$-convexity and concavity with respect to H\"older means, we derive necessary and…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Gendi Wang

The $\psi(x)$-function, which solves the equation $x = \sinh(aw)e^w$ for $0<a<1$, has a natural connection to the renowned Lambert $W$ function and also physical relevance through its connection to the Lenz-Ising model of ferromagnetism. We…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Per Åhag , Rafał Czyż , Per-Håkan Lundow

In this note, we propose an integral representation for $\zeta(4)$, where $\zeta$ is the Riemann zeta function. The corresponding expression is obtained using relations for polylogarithms. A possible generalization to any even argument of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-09-04 Jean-Christophe Pain

After defining in detail the Lambert $W$-function branches, we give a large number of exact identities involving (infinite) symmetric functions of these branches, as well as geometrically convergent series for all the branches. In doing so,…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Henri Cohen

We show that many functions containing $W$ are Stieltjes functions. Explicit Stieltjes integrals are given for functions $1/W(z)$, $W(z)/z$, and others. We also prove a generalization of a conjecture of Jackson, Procacci & Sokal. Integral…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2011-03-30 German A. Kalugin , David J. Jeffrey , Robert M. Corless

We give new integral and series representations of the Hurwitz zeta function. We also provide a closed-form expression of the coefficients of the Laurent expansion of the Hurwitz-zeta function about any point in the complex plane.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-05-04 Lazhar Fekih-Ahmed

The applications of the recent results obtained in the theory of generalized Lambert functions, to the mean field theory of ferromagnetism are presented. As a consequence, all the predictions of the Weiss theory of ferromagnetism can be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-04-10 Victor Barsan

Herein, we present a canonical form for a natural and necessary generalization of the Lambert W function, natural in that it requires minimal mathematical definitions for this generalization, and necessary in that it provides a means of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tony C. Scott , Robert B. Mann
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