Journal of the ACM, Volume 3, 1956

Volume 3, Number 1, January 1956

• Alston S. Householder:
  Presidential Address to the ACM. 1-2
  
• Barry Gordon:
  An Optimizing Program for the IBM 650. 3-5
  
• Peter Henrici:
  A Subroutine for Computations with Rational Numbers. 6-9
  
• Peter Henrici:
  Automatic Computations with Power Series. 10-15
  
• Louis B. Wadel:
  Simulation of Digital Filters on an Electronic Analog Computer. 16-21
  
• Samuel D. Conte, Roy F. Reeves:
  A Kutta Third-Order Procedure for Solving Differential Equations Requiring Minimum Storage. 22-25
  
• Robert Young:
  Report on Experiments in Approximating the Solution of a Differential Equation. 26-28
  
• Richard H. Stark:
  Rates of Convergence in Numerical Solution of the Diffusion Equation. 29-40
  
• Harvey Cohn:
  Erratum: ``Some Experiments in Ideal Factorization on the MIDAC''. 43
  

Volume 3, Number 2, April 1956

• Robert Perkins:
  EASIAC, A Pseudo-Computer. 65-72
  
• J. M. Hammersley:
  Conditional Monte Carlo. 73-76
  
• Herbert T. Glantz:
  A Note on Microprogramming. 77-84
  
• Alston S. Householder:
  Bibliography on Numerical Analysis. 85-100
  
• William R. Hoover, John J. Wedel, Joseph R. Bruman:
  Wind Tunnel Data Reduction Using Paper-Tape Storage Media. 101-109
  

Volume 3, Number 3, July 1956

• Sergei Alekseevich Lebedev:
  The High-Speed Electronic Calculating Machine of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.. 129-133
  
• Edward H. Friend:
  Sorting on Electronic Computer Systems. 134-168
  
• E. J. Isaac, R. C. Singleton:
  Sorting by Address Calculation. 169-174
  
• Robert H. Bracken, Bruce G. Oldfield:
  A General System for Handling Alphameric Information on the IBM 701 Computer. 175-180
  
• Walter F. Bauer:
  An Integrated Computation System for the ERA-1103. 181-185
  
• L. E. Heizer, S. J. Abraham:
  Transfer Function Simulation by Means of Amplifiers and Potentiometers. 186-198
  
• Nathaniel Macon, Margaret Baskervill:
  On the Generation of Errors in the Digital Evaluation of Continued Fractions. 199-202
  
• A. C. Downing Jr., Alston S. Householder:
  Some Inverse Characteristic Value Problems. 203-207
  
• Mark Lotkin:
  A Note on the Midpoint Method of Integration. 208-211
  
• Glenn H. Keitel:
  An Extension of Milne's Three-Point Method. 212-222
  
• Richard Elton von Holdt:
  An Iterative Procedure for the Calculation of the Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors of a Real Symmetric Matrix. 223-238
  

Volume 3, Number 4, October 1956

• Wesley S. Melahn:
  A Description of a Cooperative Venture in the Production of an Automatic Coding System. 266-271
  
• Charles L. Baker:
  The PACT I Coding System for the IBM Type 701. 272-278
  
• Owen R. Mock:
  Logical Organization of the PACT I Compiler. 279-287
  
• Robert C. Miller, Bruce G. Oldfield:
  Producing Computer Instructions for the PACT I Compiler. 288-291
  
• Gus Hempstead, Jules I. Schwartz:
  PACT Loop Expansion. 292-298
  
• J. I. Derr, R. C. Luke:
  Semi-Automatic Allocation of Data Storage for PACT I. 299-308
  
• Irwin D. Greenwald, H. G. Martin:
  Conclusions After Using the PACT I Advanced Coding Technique. 309-313
  
• Alston S. Householder:
  On the Convergence of Matrix Iterations. 314-324
  
• Michael E. Fisher:
  Higher Order Differences in the Analogue Solution of Partial Differential Equations. 325-347
  
• J. H. Brown, John W. Carr III, Boyd Larrowe, J. R. McReynolds:
  Prevention of Propagation of Machine Errors in Long Problems. 348-354
  
• Robert M. Mason:
  The Digital Approximation of Contours. 355-359
  
• Richard C. Jeffrey:
  Arithmetical Analysis of Digital Computing Nets. 360-375