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HypergeometricU






Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > HypergeometricU[a,b,z] > Specific values > Specialized values > For fixed a, z





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Input Form





HypergeometricU[a, a - n, z] == (-1)^n Gamma[1 - a] E^z LaguerreL[n, a - n - 1, -z] - ((z^(1 - a + n) Gamma[a - n])/(n! Gamma[a])) D[E^z z^(-1 + a) (Gamma[1 - a + n] - Gamma[1 - a + n, z]), {z, n}] /; Element[n, Integers] && n >= 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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