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WhittakerM




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Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > WhittakerM[nu,mu,z] > Continued fraction representations





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Input Form





WhittakerM[\[Nu], \[Mu], z] == (z^(1/2 + \[Mu]) (1 + (z (1/2 + \[Mu] - \[Nu]))/ ((1 + 2 \[Mu]) (1 + ContinueFraction[ {-((z (1/2 + k + \[Mu] - \[Nu]))/((1 + k) (1 + k + 2 \[Mu]))), 1 + (z (1/2 + k + \[Mu] - \[Nu]))/((1 + k) (1 + k + 2 \[Mu]))}, {k, 1, Infinity}]))))/E^(z/2)








Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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