An Essay Toward a Unified Theory of Special Functions

by Clifford Truesdell

Overview

Clifford Truesdell’s classic essay on special functions from the acclaimed Annals of Mathematics Studies series

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781400882373
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	03/02/2016
Series:	Annals of Mathematics Studies , #18
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	182
File size:	8 MB

Table of Contents

• PREFACE, pg. I
• TABLE OF CONTENTS, pg. III
• Chapter I. The Object and Plan of This Essay, pg. 1
• Chapter II. Reduction to The F-Equation, pg. 14
• Chapter III. Existence and Uniqueness Theorems, pg. 39
• Chapter IV. Methods of Treating Special Functions Based on The Uniqueness Theorem for The Condition F(z, αO) = ψ (z), pg. 55
• Chapter V. Remarks on Solutions Such That F(z, αO) = ψ (z), pg. 137
• Chapter VI. Conclusions and Unsolved Problems, pg. 151
• Appendix I. Special Functions, pg. 163
• Appendix II. Operators, pg. 174
• Appendix III. Examples of Equations of Type (3-4) Not Reducible to The F-Equation, pg. 175
• Bibliography, pg. 177