Clear and comprehensive, this text provides undergraduates with a straightforward guide to special functions. It is equally suitable as a reference volume for professionals, and readers need no higher level of mathematical knowledge beyond elementary calculus. Topics include the solution of second-order differential equations in terms of power series; gamma and beta functions; Legendre polynomials and functions; Bessel functions; Hermite, Laguerre, and Chebyshev polynomials; Gegenbauer and Jacobi polynomials; and hypergeometric and other special functions. Three appendices offer convenient tabulation of principal results, and a generous supply of worked examples and problems includes some hints and solutions. 1968 edition. 25 figures.
Reprint of the D. Van Nostrand Company Ltd., London, 1968 edition.
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ISBN 10 | 0486435210 |
ISBN 13 | 9780486435213 |
Author/Editor | W. W. Bell |
Format | Book |
Page Count | 272 |
Dimensions | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 |