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On the Reducibility of Appelles Function F4*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R.K. Saxena*
Affiliation:
McGill University
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It is a well-known fact in the theory of Appell's hypergeometric function of two variables F4, defined by

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where |x|1/2 + |y|1/2 < 1, that it can be expressed interms of products of ordinary hypergeometric functions when γ + γ' = α + β + 1.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1966

Footnotes

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Supported by a Post-doctorate fellowship of the National Research Council of Canada.

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