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►With a few
exceptions the adopted notations are the same as those in standard applied mathematics and physics literature.
►The
exceptions are ones for which the existing notations have drawbacks.
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►With two real variables, special functions are depicted as 3D surfaces, with vertical height corresponding to the
value of the function, and coloring added to emphasize the 3D nature.
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►Special functions with a complex variable are depicted as colored 3D surfaces in a similar way to functions of two real variables, but with the vertical height corresponding to the modulus (absolute
value) of the function.
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►05, and the corresponding function
values are tabulated to 8 decimal places or 8 significant figures.
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►All square roots have their principal
values.
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►The functions (
19.1.1) and (
19.1.2) are used in
Erdélyi et al. (1953b, Chapter 13),
except that
and
are denoted by
and
, respectively, where
.
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►be a nonlinear second-order differential equation in which
is a rational function of
and
, and is
locally analytic in
, that is, analytic
except for isolated singularities in
.
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►For arbitrary
values of the parameters
,
,
, and
, the general solutions of
–
are
transcendental, that is, they cannot be expressed in closed-form elementary functions.
However, for special
values of the parameters, equations
–
have special solutions in terms of elementary functions, or special functions defined elsewhere in the DLMF.
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►Formally, if
is a real- or complex-
valued
-periodic function,
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►
1.8.5
►
1.8.6
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►
1.8.8
.
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►Let
be an absolutely integrable function of period
, and continuous
except at a finite number of points in any bounded interval.
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►
is either a continuous and real-
valued function for
or an analytic function of
in a doubly-infinite open strip that contains the real axis.
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►The solutions of period
or
are
exceptional in the following sense.
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►
is assumed to be real-
valued throughout this subsection.
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►Conversely, for a given
, the
value of
is needed for the computation of
.
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►For nonzero
values of
and
the function
is defined by
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►
is real and an analytic function of each of
and
in the intervals
and
,
except when
or
.
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►We also discuss non-classical Laguerre polynomials and give much more details and examples on
exceptional orthogonal polynomials.
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►
Equations (14.5.3), (14.5.4)
The constraints in
(14.5.3), (14.5.4) on have been corrected to
exclude all negative integers since the Ferrers function of the second
kind is not defined for these values.
Reported by Hans Volkmer on 2021-06-02
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►
Section 11.11
The asymptotic results were originally for real valued and .
However, these results are also valid for complex values of . The maximum sectors of validity are
now specified.
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►
Equations (15.6.1)–(15.6.9)
The Olver hypergeometric
function , previously omitted from the left-hand sides to
make the formulas more concise, has been added. In Equations
(15.6.1)–(15.6.5), (15.6.7)–(15.6.9), the
constraint has been added. In (15.6.6), the
constraint has been added. In Section 15.6 Integral Representations,
the sentence immediately following (15.6.9), “These representations are
valid when , except (15.6.6) which holds for
.”, has been removed.
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►
Subsection 18.15(i)
In the line just below (18.15.4), it was previously
stated “is less than twice the first neglected term in absolute value.”
It now states “is less than twice the first neglected term in absolute value,
in which one has to take .”
Reported by Gergő Nemes on 2019-02-08
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►
§18.36(vi) Exceptional Orthogonal Polynomials
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►The
exceptional type III
-EOP’s are missing orders
.
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►The resulting EOP’s,
,
satisfy
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►The
satisfy a second order Sturm–Liouville eigenvalue problem of the type illustrated in Table
18.8.1, as satisfied by classical OP’s, but now with rational, rather than polynomial coefficients:
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►The type III
-Hermite EOP’s, missing polynomial orders
and
, are the complete set of polynomials, with real coefficients and defined explicitly as
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