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WhittakerW






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Hypergeometric Functions > WhittakerW[nu,mu,z] > Differential equations > Ordinary linear differential equations and wronskians > For the direct function itself





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Derivative[2][w][z] - ((2 Derivative[1][h][z])/h[z] + Derivative[2][g][z]/Derivative[1][g][z]) Derivative[1][w][z] + ((-(1/4)) Derivative[1][g][z]^2 + ((1 - 4 \[Mu]^2) Derivative[1][g][z]^2)/ (4 g[z]^2) + (\[Nu] Derivative[1][g][z]^2)/g[z] + (2 Derivative[1][h][z]^2)/h[z]^2 + (Derivative[1][h][z] Derivative[2][g][z])/(h[z] Derivative[1][g][z]) - Derivative[2][h][z]/h[z]) w[z] == 0 /; w[z] == Subscript[c, 1] h[z] WhittakerW[\[Nu], \[Mu], g[z]] + Subscript[c, 2] h[z] WhittakerM[\[Nu], \[Mu], g[z]]










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