HeunT - Maple Help
For the best experience, we recommend viewing online help using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

Online Help

All Products    Maple    MapleSim


HeunT

The Heun Triconfluent function

HeunTPrime

The derivative of the Heun Triconfluent function

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

References

Calling Sequence

HeunT(, , , z)

HeunTPrime(, , , z)

Parameters

-

algebraic expression

-

algebraic expression

-

algebraic expression

z

-

algebraic expression

Description

• 

The HeunT function is the solution of the Heun Triconfluent equation. Following the first reference (at the end), the equation and the conditions at the origin satisfied by HeunT are

FunctionAdvisor(definition, HeunT);

(1)
• 

The HeunT(,,,z) function is a local solution to Heun's Triconfluent equation, computed as a standard power series expansion around the origin, a regular point. Because the single singularity is located at , this series converges in the whole complex plane.

• 

The Triconfluent Heun Equation (THE) above is obtained from the Doubleconfluent Heun Equation (DHE) through a confluence process, that is, a process where two singularities coalesce, performed by redefining parameters and taking limits. In this case the two irregular singularities of the DHE are coalesced into one irregular singularity at . The resulting Heun Triconfluent equation, thus, has the structure of singularities f of the 0F1 hypergeometric equation and so can be related to the Airy functions.

• 

A special case happens when in HeunT(,,,z), the second parameter satisfies , where  is a positive integer. In this case the th+1, th+2 and th+3 coefficients form a polynomial system for the remaining parameters  and ; when this system is identically satisfied all the subsequent coefficients cancel too and the series truncates, resulting in a polynomial form of degree  for HeunT. Remark: for  this situation leads to a constant, for  HeunT will also be a constant since its series expansion satisfies  at 0 = 0 and for  the polynomial system for  and  is inconsistent. So the non-trivial polynomial forms of HeunT are of degree .

Examples

Heun's Triconfluent equation,

(2)

can be transformed into another version of itself, that is, an equation with one regular and one irregular singularities respectively located at 0 and  through transformations of the form

(3)

where  are new variables and . Under this transformation, the HeunT parameters transform according to  -> ,  -> ,  -> . These transformations form a group of six elements and imply on identities, among which you have

(4)

When, in HeunT(,,,z), , where  is a positive integer, the th+1, th+2 and th+3 coefficients form a polynomial system for the remaining parameters  and . When this system is identically satisfied all the subsequent coefficients cancel too and the series truncates, resulting in a polynomial form of degree  for HeunT. For example, this is the necessary condition for a polynomial form

(5)

Considering the first non-trivial case, for , the function is

(6)

So the coefficients of  for  equal to 4, 5, and 6 in the series expansion are

(7)

(8)

solving for  and , requesting from solve to return using RootOf, you have

(9)

(10)

substituting for instance the first of these two solutions in HT we have

(11)

When the function admits a polynomial form, as is the case of HT_polynomial by construction, to obtain the actual polynomial of degree n (in this case n=3) use

(12)

References

  

Decarreau, A.; Dumont-Lepage, M.C.; Maroni, P.; Robert, A.; and Ronveaux, A. "Formes Canoniques de Equations confluentes de l'equation de Heun". Annales de la Societe Scientifique de Bruxelles. Vol. 92 I-II, (1978): 53-78.

  

Ronveaux, A. ed. Heun's Differential Equations. Oxford University Press, 1995.

  

Slavyanov, S.Y., and Lay, W. Special Functions, A Unified Theory Based on Singularities. Oxford Mathematical Monographs, 2000.

See Also

FunctionAdvisor

Heun

HeunB

HeunC

HeunD

HeunG

hypergeom

 


Download Help Document