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We construct explicitly (n, n−1)-Padé approximation to the logarithmic derivative of Gauss hypergeometric function for arbitrary parameters by the simple combinatorial method used by Maier and Chudnovsky.
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Hata, M., Huttner, M. (2002). Padé Approximation to the Logarithmic Derivative of the Gauss Hypergeometric Function. In: Jia, C., Matsumoto, K. (eds) Analytic Number Theory. Developments in Mathematics, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3621-2_10
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