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►and , are real and linearly independent solutions of (10.45.1):
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►The corresponding result for is given by
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►In consequence of (10.45.5)–(10.45.7), and comprise a numerically satisfactory pair of solutions of (10.45.1) when is large, and either and , or and , comprise a numerically satisfactory pair when is small, depending whether or .
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►For graphs of and see §10.26(iii).
►For properties of and , including uniform asymptotic expansions for large and zeros, see Dunster (1990a).
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►If
is fixed, then throughout the interval , is positive and increasing, and is positive and decreasing.
►If
is fixed, then throughout the interval , is decreasing, and is increasing.
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►Properties of the zeros of and may be deduced from those of and , respectively, by application of the transformations (10.27.6) and (10.27.8).
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►The distribution of the zeros of in the sector in the cases is obtained on rotating Figures 10.21.2, 10.21.4, 10.21.6, respectively, through an angle so that in each case the cut lies along the positive imaginary axis.
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has no zeros in the sector ; this result remains true when is replaced by any real number .
For the number of zeros of in the sector , when is real, see Watson (1944, pp. 511–513).
►For -zeros of , with complex , see Ferreira and Sesma (2008).
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►Other notations for , the Stirling numbers of the secondkind, include (Fort (1948)), (Jordan (1939)), (Moser and Wyman (1958b)), (Milne-Thomson (1933)), (Carlitz (1960), Gould (1960)), (Knuth (1992), Graham et al. (1994), Rosen et al. (2000)), and also an unconventional symbol in Abramowitz and Stegun (1964, Chapter 24).