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The hypergeometric function

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Part of the book series: Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften ((GL,volume 52))

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The function represented by the infinite series \(\sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {\frac{{{{(a)}_n}{{(b)}_n}}}{{{{(c)}_n}}}\frac{{{z^n}}}{{n!}}} \) within its circle of convergence and all the analytic continuations is called the hypergeometric function 2 F 1(a, b; c;z).*

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Magnus, W., Oberhettinger, F., Soni, R.P. (1966). The hypergeometric function. In: Formulas and Theorems for the Special Functions of Mathematical Physics. Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11761-3_2

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