> Hmm, I like the idea of making a look-up table of identities,
> identified by some abbreviation like "A&S 1.2.3" (I think just
> the number is not enough).
In case somebody doesn't know, Abramowitz and Stegun is online and free
(courtesy of the
US Federal government); just do a web search on "abramowitz stegun" The
quality of the
scanned print varies, so poke around.
Barton