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008			100426s2010 enka b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780521197977
040			_aCSL _cCSL
041			_2eng _aeng
084			_aB39 Q0 NBHM _qCSL
100	1		_aBeals, Richard, _eauthor. _9812469
245	1	0	_aSpecial functions : _bA graduate text
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_aix, 456 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
490	1		_aCambridge studies in advanced mathematics ; _v126
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520			_a"The subject of special functions is often presented as a collection of disparate results, which are rarely organised in a coherent way. This book answers the need for a different approach to the subject. The authors' main goals are to emphasise general unifying principles coherently and to provide clear motivation, efficient proofs, and original references for all of the principal results. The book covers standard material, but also much more, including chapters on discrete orthogonal polynomials and elliptic functions. The authors show how a very large part of the subject traces back to two equations - the hypergeometric equation and the confluent hypergeometric equation - and describe the various ways in which these equations are canonical and special. Providing ready access to theory and formulas, this book serves as an ideal graduate-level textbook as well as a convenient reference"
650		0	_aFunctions, Special _9812470
650		0	_aGamma, beta, zeta _9812471
650		0	_aOrthogonal polynomials _9812472
650		0	_aHypergeometric functions _9812473
700	1		_aWong, Roderick, _eco-author. _9812474
830		0	_aCambridge studies in advanced mathematics ; _v126. _9812475
942			_2CC _n0 _cTEXL _hB39 Q0 NBHM
999			_c1431571 _d1431571