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WhittakerM - The Whittaker M function
WhittakerW - The Whittaker W function
Calling Sequence
WhittakerM(mu, nu, z)
WhittakerW(mu, nu, z)
Parameters
mu
-
algebraic expression
nu
z
Description
The Whittaker functions WhittakerM(mu, nu, z) and WhittakerW(mu, nu, z) solve the differential equation
They can be defined in terms of the hypergeometric and Kummer functions as follows:
Examples
See Also
hypergeom, inifcns, KummerU
References
Abramowitz, M., and Stegun I. Handbook of Mathematical Functions. New York: Dover Publications.
Luke, Y. The Special Functions and Their Approximations. Vol 1. Academic Press, 1969.
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