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020 _a9780511762543 (ebook)
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_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQA351
_b.B34 2010
082 0 0 _a515/.5
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100 1 _aBeals, Richard,
_d1938-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSpecial functions :
_ba graduate text /
_cRichard Beals, Roderick Wong.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (ix, 456 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in advanced mathematics ;
_v126
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aOrientation -- Gamma, beta, zeta -- Second-order differential equations -- Orthogonal polynomials -- Discrete orthogonal polynomials -- Confluent hypergeometric functions -- Cylinder functions -- Hypergeometric functions -- Spherical functions -- Asymptotics -- Elliptic functions.
520 _aThe subject of special functions is often presented as a collection of disparate results, which are rarely organised in a coherent way. This book answers the need for a different approach to the subject. The authors' main goals are to emphasise general unifying principles coherently and to provide clear motivation, efficient proofs, and original references for all of the principal results. The book covers standard material, but also much more, including chapters on discrete orthogonal polynomials and elliptic functions. The authors show how a very large part of the subject traces back to two equations - the hypergeometric equation and the confluent hypergeometric equation - and describe the various ways in which these equations are canonical and special. Providing ready access to theory and formulas, this book serves as an ideal graduate-level textbook as well as a convenient reference.
650 0 _aFunctions, Special
_vTextbooks.
700 1 _aWong, Roderick,
_d1944-
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521197977
830 0 _aCambridge studies in advanced mathematics ;
_v126.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511762543
999 _c516872
_d516870