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WhittakerW






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Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > WhittakerW[nu,mu,z] > Series representations > Generalized power series > Expansions on branch cuts > For the function itself





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Input Form





WhittakerW[\[Nu], \[Mu], z] \[Proportional] ((-((2 Pi I E^(2 I Pi \[Mu]))/(Gamma[1 + 2 \[Mu]] Gamma[1/2 - \[Mu] - \[Nu]]))) Floor[Arg[z - x]/(2 Pi)] E^((2 \[Mu] + 1) Pi I Floor[Arg[z - x]/(2 Pi)]) WhittakerM[\[Nu], \[Mu], x] + WhittakerW[\[Nu], \[Mu], x]/ E^((2 \[Mu] + 1) Pi I Floor[Arg[z - x]/(2 Pi)])) (1 + O[z - x]) /; x < 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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