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WhittakerM




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Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > WhittakerM[nu,mu,z] > Identities > Functional identities > Relations between contiguous functions





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Input Form





(1 + 2 \[Mu]) (1 + 2 \[Mu] - 2 \[Nu]) WhittakerM[-1 + \[Nu], \[Mu], z] - (1 + 2 \[Mu]) (1 + 2 z + 2 \[Mu] - 2 \[Nu]) WhittakerM[\[Nu], \[Mu], z] + Sqrt[z] (1 + 2 \[Mu] + 2 \[Nu]) WhittakerM[1/2 + \[Nu], 1/2 + \[Mu], z] == 0








Standard Form





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MathML Form







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2007-05-02