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HypergeometricU






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Hypergeometric Functions > HypergeometricU[a,b,z] > Specific values > Specialized values > For fixed z and with symbolical integers in parameters > For fixed z and a=n, b=+-m





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Input Form





HypergeometricU[n, m, z] == (-(1/(-1 + n)!^2)) Sum[(-(1/z))^k Binomial[-1 + m, k] (-1 + k + n)! (E^z LaguerreL[-1 + k + n, -k, -z] (CoshIntegral[z] - SinhIntegral[z]) + Sum[(1/p) LaguerreL[-1 + k + n - p, -k + p, -z] LaguerreL[-1 + p, -p, z], {p, 1, -1 + k + n}]), {k, 0, -1 + m}] /; Element[n, Integers] && n > 0 && Element[m, Integers] && m > 0










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