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►The eigenfunctions of (30.2.1) that correspond to the eigenvalues are denoted by , .
…the sign of being when is even, and the sign of being when is odd.
►When
is the prolate angular spheroidal wave function, and when
is the oblate angular spheroidal wave function.
If , reduces to the Ferrers function :
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has exactly zeros in the interval .
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►The main functions treated in this chapter are the eigenvalues and the spheroidal wave functions , , , , and , .
…Meixner and Schäfke (1954) use , , , for , , , , respectively.
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►Flammer (1957) and Abramowitz and Stegun (1964) use for , for , and
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►Integrals and integral equations for are given in Arscott (1964b, §8.6), Erdélyi et al. (1955, §16.13), Flammer (1957, Chapter 5), and Meixner (1951).
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►Most texts extend the definition of the principal value to include the branch cut
…where is the excess of the number of times the path in (4.2.1) crosses the negative real axis in the positive sense over the number of times in the negative sense.
►In the DLMF we allow a further extension by regarding the cut as representing two sets of points, one set corresponding to the “upper side” and denoted by , the other set corresponding to the “lower side” and denoted by .
…Consequently is two-valued on the cut, and discontinuous across the cut.
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►This is an analytic function of on , and is two-valued and discontinuous on the cut shown in Figure 4.2.1, unless .
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