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WhittakerW






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Traditional Notation









Hypergeometric Functions > WhittakerW[nu,mu,z] > Transformations > Transformations and argument simplifications > Argument involving basic arithmetic operations





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Input Form





WhittakerW[\[Nu], \[Mu], -z] == z^(-\[Mu] - 1/2) (-z)^(\[Mu] + 1/2) (Gamma[1/2 - \[Mu] + \[Nu]]/Gamma[1/2 - \[Mu] - \[Nu]]) WhittakerW[-\[Nu], \[Mu], z] + (Gamma[2 \[Mu]]/Gamma[1/2 + \[Mu] - \[Nu]]) ((-(-z)^(-(1/2) - \[Mu])) z^(1/2 + \[Mu]) + (-z)^(-(1/2) + \[Mu]) z^(1/2 - \[Mu]) Cos[Pi (\[Mu] + \[Nu])] Sec[Pi (\[Mu] - \[Nu])]) WhittakerM[-\[Nu], -\[Mu], z]










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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