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Hypergeometric2F1






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Hypergeometric Functions > Hypergeometric2F1[a,b,c,z] > Primary definition > Complete definition





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Input Form





Hypergeometric2F1[a, b, c, z] == (((Gamma[b - a] Gamma[c])/(Gamma[b] Gamma[c - a])) Sum[(Pochhammer[a, k] Pochhammer[a - c + 1, k])/ (k! Pochhammer[a - b + 1, k])/z^k, {k, 0, Infinity}])/(-z)^a + (((Gamma[a - b] Gamma[c])/(Gamma[a] Gamma[c - b])) Sum[(Pochhammer[b, k] Pochhammer[b - c + 1, k])/ (k! Pochhammer[b - a + 1, k])/z^k, {k, 0, Infinity}])/(-z)^b /; Abs[z] > 1 && !Element[a - b, Integers]










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