A Laurent series expansion formula and its applications (Q762657)

The author uses fractional derivatives with a view to deriving a Laurent series generalization of a generating relation due to \textit{H. M. Srivastava} [Glasg. Math. J. 16, 34-39 (1974; Zbl 0298.33012)]. He also gives several applications of his main result, which involve the H- functions of one and more variables [\textit{H. M. Srivastava} and the reviewer, J. Reine Angew. Math. 283/284, 265-274 (1976; Zbl 0315.33003)]. For a systematic presentation of various applications of fractional derivatives in the theory of generating functions, reference may be made to Chapter 5 of the latest book on the subject by \textit{H. M. Srivastava} and \textit{H. L. Manocha} (A treatise on generating functions (1984; Zbl 0535.33001)].