a bug in V8 when computing hypergeometric function 2F0 ?
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- Subject: [mg126238] a bug in V8 when computing hypergeometric function 2F0 ?
- From: "Rajesh Kumar A/l Parameswaran Nair (Staff)" <rajesh at oum.edu.my>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:31:00 -0400 (EDT)
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hello,
can anybody help?
i have been trying to compute the value of HypergeometricPFQ[{1,
0.5}, { }, 0.5] on mathematica V8.
mathematica does not return a numerical value , except to say that
the output is " complex infinity".
my hunch is that something is not right here as an earlier version
of mathematica , (V4 i think) , is able to do the job and give
the answer ... 1.27998+ 0.339235 i. This result is found in the book "
mathematica guide book for symbolics" by Michael Trott.
s is there a bug somewwere?
i have another question: can this be calculated on V7 ?
cheers