Document Details Document Type : Article In Journal  Document Title : Computations of the cosmic distance equation Computations of the cosmic distance equation   Subject : Astronomyِ  Document Language : English  Abstract : In this paper, an iterative method of second order of convergence for solving the distance equation is developed using homotopy continuation technique. The method does not need any priori knowledge of the initial guess, a property which avoids the critical situations between divergent to very slow convergent solutions, that may exist in the application of other numerical methods depending on initial guess. Moreover, this method uses the most efficient technique of the continued fraction expansions for the evaluation of the basic functions involved. The accuracy of the method is at least of O(10-8), a sufficient accuracy that secures very accurate distance determination.  ISSN : 0096-3003  Journal Name : Applied Mathematics and Computation  Volume : 174  Issue Number : 2  Publishing Year : 1427 AH 2006 AD  Article Type : Article  Added Date : Wednesday, December 28, 2011  Researchers Researcher Name (Arabic) Researcher Name (English) Researcher Type Dr Grade Email محمد عادل شرف Sharaf, Mohamed A Researcher Doctorate sharaf_adel@hotmail.com Files File Name Type Description  31851.pdf pdf Abstract Back To Researches Page