The hypergeometric function - a biographical sketch

DOI10.1007/BF03024173zbMATH Open0598.33003OpenAlexW2149441468MaRDI QIDQ1079710FDOQ1079710

Authors: B. George 

Publication date: 1985

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03024173

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zbMATH Keywords

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical hypergeometric functions, ({}_2F_1) (33C05) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of special functions (33-03)

Cites Work

• Vorlesungen über die Hypergeometrische Funktion
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