On the computation of incomplete gamma functions in the complex domain

DOI10.1016/0377-0427(85)90034-2MaRDI QIDQ1065498zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors W. B. Jones, W. J. Thron

Publication date 1985

Published in Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-0427(85)90034-2

zbMATH Keywords

anomalous convergencebackward recurrence algorithmcontinued fraction expansionserror analysiserror functionsexponential integralincomplete gamma functionKummer functionPadé approximants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Incomplete beta and gamma functions (error functions, probability integral, Fresnel integrals) (33B20) Hypergeometric integrals and functions defined by them ((E), (G), (H) and (I) functions) (33C60) Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20)

Review text

The authors discuss in detail the usefulness of continued fraction expansions for the numerical computation of the incomplete gamma function \(\gamma\) (a,z) for complex values of a and z. Using functional relations for \(\gamma\) (a,z), the complementary function \(\Gamma\) (a,z) and the (related) special Kummer function M(l,b,z), they introduce what they call additional (or extended) continued fraction expansions, which they show to be stable when evaluated by the backward recurrence algorithm. A thorough error analysis is presented and the special cases of \(\gamma\) (a,z) and \(\Gamma\) (a,z) which correspond to the error functions erf(z), erfc(z) and the exponential integral \(E_ n(z)\) are discussed in detail. In connections with the complex error function, the anomalous convergence of general T-fractions (the two point Padé approximants) is discussed.

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