Re: Hypergeometric
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- Subject: [mg20128] Re: Hypergeometric
- From: "Atul Sharma" <atulksharma at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 03:04:55 -0400
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This is the Kummer function (Confluent Hypergeometric), or solution to the Kummer differential equation. See Abramowitz and Stegan, Chapter 13 or, on line, http://www.treasure-troves.com/math/ConfluentHypergeometricFunction.html A. Sharma -------------------------------------------------- Atul Sharma MD, FRCP(C) Pediatric Nephrologist, McGill University/Montreal Children's Hospital Big Fish wrote in message <7suvt4$22v at smc.vnet.net>... >I know what a hypergeometric function is, like the function >hypergeometric1F1[a,b,x] in Mathematica. But what does >Mathematica mean by > >hypergeometric1F1^(1,0,0)[a,b,x] ? > > > > > >Much thanks. > >-- >Please kindly send a copy of your reply directly >to my e-mail: whatafish at hotmail.com > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy. >