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WhittakerM






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Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > WhittakerM[nu,mu,z] > Specific values > Specialized values > For fixed z and half-integer parameters > For fixed z and nu=k/4+-n, mu=-1/4





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Input Form





WhittakerM[1/4 - n, -(1/4), z] == (z^(1/4) (((E^z Sqrt[Pi] Erf[Sqrt[z]])/(2 Sqrt[z])) (LaguerreL[-1 + n, -(1/2), -z] + 2 n LaguerreL[n, -(3/2), -z]) + (1/2) Sum[(1/(1 + p)) LaguerreL[-2 + n - p, 1/2 + p, -z] LaguerreL[p, -(1/2) - p, z], {p, 0, -2 + n}] + n Sum[(1/(1 + p)) LaguerreL[-1 + n - p, -(1/2) + p, -z] LaguerreL[p, -(1/2) - p, z], {p, 0, -1 + n}]))/E^(z/2) /; Element[n, Integers] && n > 0










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Brychkov Yu.A. (2006)










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