§33.16 Connection Formulas

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§33.16(i) $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits$
§33.16(ii) $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ when $\epsilon>0$
§33.16(iii) $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{W_{{\kappa,\mu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ when $\epsilon<0$
§33.16(iv) $\mathop{s\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{c\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ when $\epsilon>0$
§33.16(v) $\mathop{s\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{c\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{W_{{\kappa,\mu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ when $\epsilon<0$

§33.16(i) $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits$

Notes:: See Seaton (2002a, Eqs. 130, 131).
Keywords:: Coulomb functions: variables $\rho,\eta$
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33.16.1 $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)=\dfrac{(2\ell+1)!% \mathop{C_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta\right)}{(-2\eta)^{{\ell+1}}}\mathop% {f\/}\nolimits\!\left(1/\eta^{2},\ell;-\eta\rho\right),$

Symbols:: $\mathop{C_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta\right)$ : normalizing constant for Coulomb radial functions, $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : regular Coulomb function, : : factorial, $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : regular Coulomb radial function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, $\rho$ : nonnegative real variable and $\eta$ : real parameter
Referenced by:: §33.18
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33.16.2 $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)=\dfrac{\pi(-2\eta)^{% \ell}}{(2\ell+1)!\mathop{C_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta\right)}\mathop{h\/% }\nolimits\!\left(1/\eta^{2},\ell;-\eta\rho\right),$

Symbols:: $\mathop{C_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta\right)$ : normalizing constant for Coulomb radial functions, $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : irregular Coulomb function, : : factorial, $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : irregular Coulomb radial function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, $\rho$ : nonnegative real variable and $\eta$ : real parameter
Referenced by:: §33.18
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where $\mathop{C_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta\right)$ is given by (33.2.5) or (33.2.6).

§33.16(ii) $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ when $\epsilon>0$

Notes:: These results are generalized from Seaton (2002a, Eqs. 88, 90, 93, 95).
Keywords:: Coulomb functions: variables $r,\epsilon$
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When $\epsilon>0$ denote

33.16.3 $\tau=\epsilon^{{1/2}}(>0),$

Symbols:: $\epsilon$ : real parameter and $\tau$ : parameter
Referenced by:: §33.16(iv)
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and again define $A(\epsilon,\ell)$ by (33.14.11) or (33.14.12). Then for

33.16.4 $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=\left(\frac{2}{\pi\tau}% \frac{1-e^{{-2\pi/\tau}}}{A(\epsilon,\ell)}\right)^{{\ifrac{1}{2}}}\mathop{F_{% {\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(-1/\tau,\tau r\right),$

Symbols:: $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : regular Coulomb function, : base of exponential function, $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : regular Coulomb radial function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter, $A(\epsilon,\ell)$ : function and $\tau$ : parameter
Referenced by:: §33.16(iv), 1
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33.16.5 $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=\left(\frac{2}{\pi\tau}% \frac{A(\epsilon,\ell)}{1-e^{{-2\pi/\tau}}}\right)^{{\ifrac{1}{2}}}\mathop{G_{% {\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(-1/\tau,\tau r\right).$

Symbols:: $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : irregular Coulomb function, : base of exponential function, $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : irregular Coulomb radial function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter, $A(\epsilon,\ell)$ : function and $\tau$ : parameter
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Alternatively, for

33.16.6 $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=(-1)^{{\ell+1}}\left(\frac% {2}{\pi\tau}\frac{e^{{2\pi/\tau}}-1}{A(\epsilon,\ell)}\right)^{{\ifrac{1}{2}}}% \mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(1/\tau,-\tau r\right),$

Symbols:: $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : regular Coulomb function, : base of exponential function, $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : regular Coulomb radial function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter, $A(\epsilon,\ell)$ : function and $\tau$ : parameter
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33.16.7 $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=(-1)^{{\ell}}\left(\frac{2% }{\pi\tau}\frac{A(\epsilon,\ell)}{e^{{2\pi/\tau}}-1}\right)^{{\ifrac{1}{2}}}% \mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(1/\tau,-\tau r\right).$

Symbols:: $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : irregular Coulomb function, : base of exponential function, $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : irregular Coulomb radial function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter, $A(\epsilon,\ell)$ : function and $\tau$ : parameter
Referenced by:: §33.16(iv), 1
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§33.16(iii) $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{W_{{\kappa,\mu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ when $\epsilon<0$

Notes:: See Seaton (2002a, Eqs. 104–109).
Keywords:: Coulomb functions, Coulomb functions: variables $r,\epsilon$ , Whittaker functions
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When $\epsilon<0$ denote

33.16.8 $\nu=1/(-\epsilon)^{{1/2}}(>0),$

Symbols:: $\epsilon$ : real parameter and $\nu$ : parameter
Referenced by:: §33.16(v)
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33.16.9

$\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)=\mathop{W_{{\nu,\ell+\frac{1}{2}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(2r/% \nu\right),$

$\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)=\realpart{\left(e^{{i\pi\nu}}\mathop{W_{{-\nu,\ell+\frac{1}{% 2}}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(e^{{i\pi}}2r/\nu\right)\right)},$

Symbols:: $\mathop{W_{{\kappa,\mu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ : Whittaker confluent hypergeometric function, : base of exponential function, $\realpart{}$ : real part, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\nu$ : parameter, $\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ : function and $\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ : function
Referenced by:: §33.16(v), §33.21(i)
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and again define $A(\epsilon,\ell)$ by (33.14.11) or (33.14.12). Then for

33.16.10 $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=(-1)^{\ell}\nu^{{\ell+1}}% \left(-\frac{\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)}% {\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(\ell+1+\nu\right)}+\frac{\mathop{\sin\/}% \nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(\nu-\ell\right% )\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)}{\pi}\right),$

Symbols:: $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : regular Coulomb function, $\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ : gamma function, $\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z$ : cosine function, $\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z$ : sine function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter, $\nu$ : parameter, $\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ : function and $\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ : function
Referenced by:: §33.16(v), 2
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33.16.11 $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=(-1)^{\ell}\nu^{{\ell+1}}A% (\epsilon,\ell)\left(\frac{\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)\zeta_% {\ell}(\nu,r)}{\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(\ell+1+\nu\right)}+\frac{% \mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left% (\nu-\ell\right)\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)}{\pi}\right).$

Symbols:: $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : irregular Coulomb function, $\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ : gamma function, $\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z$ : cosine function, $\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z$ : sine function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter, $A(\epsilon,\ell)$ : function, $\nu$ : parameter, $\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ : function and $\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ : function
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Alternatively, for

33.16.12 $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=\frac{(-1)^{\ell}\nu^{{% \ell+1}}}{\pi}\left(-\frac{\pi\xi_{\ell}(-\nu,r)}{\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!% \left(\ell+1+\nu\right)}+\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)\mathop{% \cos\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(\nu-% \ell\right)\zeta_{\ell}(-\nu,r)\right),$

Symbols:: $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : regular Coulomb function, $\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ : gamma function, $\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z$ : cosine function, $\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z$ : sine function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter, $\nu$ : parameter, $\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ : function and $\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ : function
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33.16.13 $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=(-1)^{\ell}\nu^{{\ell+1}}A% (\epsilon,\ell)\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(\nu-\ell\right)\zeta_{\ell}(-% \nu,r)/\pi.$

Symbols:: $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : irregular Coulomb function, $\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ : gamma function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter, $A(\epsilon,\ell)$ : function, $\nu$ : parameter and $\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ : function
Referenced by:: §33.16(v), 2
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§33.16(iv) $\mathop{s\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{c\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ when $\epsilon>0$

Notes:: Combine (33.14.9) with (33.16.4)–(33.16.7).
Keywords:: Coulomb functions: variables $r,\epsilon$
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When $\epsilon>0$ , again denote $\tau$ by (33.16.3). Then for

33.16.14

$\mathop{s\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=(\pi\tau)^{{-1/2}}\mathop{% F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(-1/\tau,\tau r\right),$

$\mathop{c\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=(\pi\tau)^{{-1/2}}\mathop{% G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(-1/\tau,\tau r\right).$

Symbols:: $\mathop{c\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : irregular Coulomb function, $\mathop{s\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : regular Coulomb function, $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : irregular Coulomb radial function, $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : regular Coulomb radial function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter and $\tau$ : parameter
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Alternatively, for

33.16.15

$\mathop{s\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=(\pi\tau)^{{-1/2}}\mathop{% F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(1/\tau,-\tau r\right),$

$\mathop{c\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=(\pi\tau)^{{-1/2}}\mathop{% G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(1/\tau,-\tau r\right).$

Symbols:: $\mathop{c\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : irregular Coulomb function, $\mathop{s\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)$ : regular Coulomb function, $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : irregular Coulomb radial function, $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(\eta,\rho\right)$ : regular Coulomb radial function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, : real variable, $\epsilon$ : real parameter and $\tau$ : parameter
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§33.16(v) $\mathop{s\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{c\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{W_{{\kappa,\mu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ when $\epsilon<0$

Notes:: See Seaton (2002a, Eqs. 119–121). For (33.16.17) and (33.16.18) combine (33.14.6), (33.14.9)–(33.14.12), (33.16.10)–(33.16.13), and (33.16.16).
Keywords:: Coulomb functions, Coulomb functions: variables $r,\epsilon$ , Whittaker functions
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When $\epsilon<0$ denote $\nu$ , $\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ , and $\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)$ by (33.16.8) and (33.16.9). Also denote

33.16.16 $K(\nu,\ell)=\left(\nu^{2}\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(\nu+\ell+1\right)% \mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(\nu-\ell\right)\right)^{{-1/2}}.$

Symbols:: $\mathop{\Gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ : gamma function, $\ell$ : nonnegative integer, $\nu$ : parameter and $K(\nu,\ell)$ : factor
Referenced by:: §33.16(v)
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Then for

33.16.17

$\mathop{s\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=\frac{(-1)^{\ell}}{2\nu^{{% 1/2}}}\left(\frac{\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)}{\pi K(\nu,% \ell)}\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)-\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)\nu^{2}K(% \nu,\ell)\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)\right),$

$\mathop{c\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=\frac{(-1)^{\ell}}{2\nu^{{% 1/2}}}\left(\frac{\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)}{\pi K(\nu,% \ell)}\xi_{\ell}(\nu,r)+\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)\nu^{2}K(% \nu,\ell)\zeta_{\ell}(\nu,r)\right).$

Alternatively, for

33.16.18

$\mathop{s\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=\frac{(-1)^{{\ell+1}}}{2^{% {1/2}}}\left(\frac{\nu^{{3/2}}}{K(\nu,\ell)}\xi_{\ell}(-\nu,r)-\frac{\mathop{% \sin\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu\right)\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits\!\left(\pi\nu% \right)}{\pi\nu^{{1/2}}}K(\nu,\ell)\zeta_{\ell}(-\nu,r)\right),$

$\mathop{c\/}\nolimits\!\left(\epsilon,\ell;r\right)=\frac{(-1)^{\ell}}{\pi(2% \nu)^{{1/2}}}K(\nu,\ell)\zeta_{\ell}(-\nu,r).$

§33.16 Connection Formulas

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§33.16(i) and in Terms of and

§33.16(ii) and in Terms of and when

§33.16(iii) and in Terms of when

§33.16(iv) and in Terms of and when

§33.16(v) and in Terms of when

§33.16(i) $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits$

§33.16(ii) $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ when $\epsilon>0$

§33.16(iii) $\mathop{f\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{h\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{W_{{\kappa,\mu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ when $\epsilon<0$

§33.16(iv) $\mathop{s\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{c\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{F_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{G_{{\ell}}\/}\nolimits$ when $\epsilon>0$

§33.16(v) $\mathop{s\/}\nolimits$ and $\mathop{c\/}\nolimits$ in Terms of $\mathop{W_{{\kappa,\mu}}\/}\nolimits\!\left(z\right)$ when $\epsilon<0$