Book:Ian N. Sneddon/Special Functions of Mathematical Physics and Chemistry
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Ian N. Sneddon: Special Functions of Mathematical Physics and Chemistry
Published $1956$, Oliver and Boyd.
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Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I: Introduction
- 1. The origin of special functions
- 2. Ordinary points of a linear differential equation
- 3. Regular singular points
- 4. The point at infinity
- 5. The gamma function and related functions
- Chapter II: Hypergeometric Functions
- 6. The hypergeometric series
- 7. The integral formula for the hypergeometric series
- 8. The hypergeometric equation
- 9. Linear relations between the solutions of the hypergeometric equation
- 10. Relations of contiguity
- 11. The confluent hypergeometric function
- 12. Generalised hypergeometric series
- Chapter III: Legendre Functions
- Chapter IV: Bessel Functions
- Chapter V: The Functions of Hermite and Laguerre
- Appendix: The Dirac Delta Function
- Index