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WhittakerM






Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > WhittakerM[nu,mu,z] > Identities > Recurrence identities > Consecutive neighbors





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Input Form





WhittakerM[\[Nu], \[Mu], z] == ((3 + 8 \[Mu] + 4 \[Mu]^2 - 2 z \[Nu])/(z (1 + 2 \[Mu]) (3 + 2 \[Mu]))) WhittakerM[\[Nu], \[Mu] + 1, z] + (((3 + 2 \[Mu] - 2 \[Nu]) (3 + 2 \[Mu] + 2 \[Nu]))/ (16 (1 + \[Mu]) (2 + \[Mu]) (3 + 2 \[Mu])^2)) WhittakerM[\[Nu], \[Mu] + 2, z]










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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