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HypergeometricU






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Hypergeometric Functions > HypergeometricU[a,b,z] > Identities > Recurrence identities > Distant neighbors





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Input Form





HypergeometricU[a, b, z] == Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n][a, b, z] HypergeometricU[a, b + n, z] - (z/(n - 1 - a + b)) Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n - 1][a, b, z] HypergeometricU[a, b + n + 1, z] /; Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], 0][a, b, z] == 1 && Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], 1][a, b, z] == (b + z)/(b - a) && Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n][a, b, z] == ((n - 1 + b + z)/(n - 1 - a + b)) Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n - 1][a, b, z] - (z/(n - 2 - a + b)) Subscript[\[ScriptCapitalC], n - 2][a, b, z] && Element[n, Integers] && n > 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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