(For other notation see Notation for the Special Functions.)
nonnegative integers. |
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complex variable. |
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real variable. |
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base: unless stated otherwise . |
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-shifted factorial: . |
The main functions treated in this chapter are the basic hypergeometric (or -hypergeometric) function , the bilateral basic hypergeometric (or bilateral -hypergeometric) function , and the -analogs of the Appell functions , , , and .
Another function notation used is the βidemβ function: