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Hypergeometric functions are described in Abramowitz & Stegun, Chapters 13 and 15. These functions are declared in the header file gsl_sf_hyperg.h.
These routines compute the hypergeometric function 0F1(c,x).
These routines compute the confluent hypergeometric function 1F1(m,n,x) = M(m,n,x) for integer parameters m, n.
These routines compute the confluent hypergeometric function 1F1(a,b,x) = M(a,b,x) for general parameters a, b.
These routines compute the confluent hypergeometric function U(m,n,x) for integer parameters m, n.
This routine computes the confluent hypergeometric function U(m,n,x) for integer parameters m, n using the
gsl_sf_result_e10
type to return a result with extended range.
These routines compute the confluent hypergeometric function U(a,b,x).
This routine computes the confluent hypergeometric function U(a,b,x) using the
gsl_sf_result_e10
type to return a result with extended range.
These routines compute the Gauss hypergeometric function 2F1(a,b,c,x) for |x| < 1.
If the arguments (a,b,c,x) are too close to a singularity then the function can return the error code
GSL_EMAXITER
when the series approximation converges too slowly. This occurs in the region of x=1, c - a - b = m for integer m.
These routines compute the Gauss hypergeometric function 2F1(a_R + i a_I, a_R - i a_I, c, x) with complex parameters for |x| < 1. exceptions:
These routines compute the renormalized Gauss hypergeometric function 2F1(a,b,c,x) / \Gamma(c) for |x| < 1.
These routines compute the renormalized Gauss hypergeometric function 2F1(a_R + i a_I, a_R - i a_I, c, x) / \Gamma(c) for |x| < 1.
These routines compute the hypergeometric function 2F0(a,b,x). The series representation is a divergent hypergeometric series. However, for x < 0 we have 2F0(a,b,x) = (-1/x)^a U(a,1+a-b,-1/x)