This journal, begun in 1943 as Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation, publishes original articles on all aspects of numerical mathematics, book reviews, mathematical tables, and technical ...

Given \(f(x) = 3x + 2\), we are often asked to find \(f(2)\) or \(f( - 3)\). To do this we substitute \(2\) or \(- 3\) for \(x\). So, \(f(2) = 3(2) + 2 = 8\) and \(f ...