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HypergeometricU






Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









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





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Input Form





HypergeometricU[n, b, z] == (1/Pochhammer[2 - b, n - 1]) (Gamma[b - 1, z] z^(1 - b) E^z LaguerreL[n - 1, 1 - b, -z] - Sum[(1/k) LaguerreL[n - k - 1, -b + k + 1, -z] LaguerreL[k - 1, b - k - 1, z], {k, 1, n - 1}]) /; Element[n, Integers] && n > 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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Brychkov Yu.A. (2006)










Date Added to functions.wolfram.com (modification date)





2007-05-02