EllipticE, limit x->1 ???
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- Subject: [mg22360] EllipticE, limit x->1 ???
- From: bergervo at prl.philips.nl (Bergervoet J.R.M.)
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 21:14:12 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I need a series expansion of a function containing EllipticE (and
K as well), but I don't get an answer for:
Series[EllipticE[x], {x, 1, 1}]
Limit[EllipticE[x], x->1, Direction->1]
whereas the limit is clearly 1, as can be seen from the plot:
Plot[EllipticE[x], {x,0,1}]
Now if I use the following, which is equal to EllipticE[x]
EEx = Pi ( HypergeometricPFQ[{-1/2, 1/2}, {2}, x]/2
- x HypergeometricPFQ[{1/2, 3/2}, {3}, x]/16 )
then at once the problems disappear, and the answers are given!
Series[EEx, {x, 1, 1}]
Limit[EEx, x->1, Direction->1]
Would it be possible to make Mathematica see these result by
itself, without having to help it with the hypergeometrics?
Jos
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Dr. Jozef R. Bergervoet Electromagnetism and EMC
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