…
►(These definitions of
and
differ from
Abramowitz and Stegun (1964, Chapter 10), and agree more closely with those used in
Miller (1946) and
Olver (1997b, Chapter 11).)
…
…
►
.
…
§10.68 Modulus and Phase Functions
►
§10.68(i) Definitions
…
►where
,
,
, and
are continuous real functions of
and
, with the branches of
and
chosen
to satisfy (
10.68.18) and (
10.68.21) as
.
…
►
§10.68(ii) Basic Properties
…
►10)), and
(Eqs.
…
…
►
33.11.1
►where
is defined by (
33.2.9), and
and
are defined by (
33.8.3).
…
►
…
►
33.11.4
…
►Here
,
,
,
, and for
,
…
…
►The function
is recessive (§
2.7(iii)) at
, and is defined by
…
►The functions
are defined by
…the branch of the
phase in (
33.2.10) being zero when
and continuous elsewhere.
is the
Coulomb phase shift.
…
…
►Numerical values of
are given in Table
9.7.1 for
to 2D.
…
►As
the following asymptotic expansions are valid uniformly in the stated sectors.
…
►where
.
…
►Corresponding bounds for the errors in (
9.7.7)
to (
9.7.14) may be obtained by use of these results and those of §
9.2(v) and their differentiated forms.
…
►And as
with
fixed
…
…
►A quadratic transformation
relates two hypergeometric functions, with the variable in one a quadratic function of the variable in the other, possibly combined with a fractional linear transformation.
…
►The hypergeometric functions that correspond
to Groups 1 and 2 have
as variable.
The hypergeometric functions that correspond
to Groups 3 and 4 have a nonlinear function of
as variable.
…
►With
…
►provided that
lies in the intersection of the open disks
, or equivalently,
.
…
…
►This expansion is absolutely convergent for all finite
, and it can also be regarded as a generalized asymptotic expansion (§
2.1(v)) of
as
in
.
…
►
§8.11(iii) Large , Fixed
…
►
§8.11(iv) Large , Bounded
…
►in both cases uniformly with respect
to bounded real values of
.
…For
related expansions involving Hermite polynomials see
Pagurova (1965).
…