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WhittakerW




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Hypergeometric Functions > WhittakerW[nu,mu,z] > Differentiation > Symbolic differentiation > With respect to z





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D[z^\[Alpha] WhittakerW[\[Nu], \[Mu], z], {z, n}] == Sum[((-1)^(Subscript[k, 1] + Subscript[k, 3]) KroneckerDelta[n, Subscript[k, 1] + Subscript[k, 2] + Subscript[k, 3]] Multinomial[Subscript[k, 1], Subscript[k, 2], Subscript[k, 3]] z^(\[Alpha] - Subscript[k, 2] - Subscript[k, 3]/2) Pochhammer[1/2 + \[Mu] - \[Nu], Subscript[k, 3]] Pochhammer[3/2 + \[Alpha] + \[Mu] - Subscript[k, 2], Subscript[k, 2]] WhittakerW[\[Nu] - Subscript[k, 3]/2, \[Mu] + Subscript[k, 3]/2, z])/ 2^Subscript[k, 1], {Subscript[k, 1], 0, n}, {Subscript[k, 2], 0, n}, {Subscript[k, 3], 0, n}] /; Element[n, Integers] && n >= 0








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