New series expansions of the Gauss hypergeometric function

DOI10.1007/S10444-012-9283-YzbMATH Open1276.33006arXiv1306.2046OpenAlexW2165139614MaRDI QIDQ360461FDOQ360461

Authors: Nico M. Temme, José L. López 

Publication date: 27 August 2013

Published in: Advances in Computational Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Gauss hypergeometric function ${}_2{F}_1(a,b,c;z)$ can be computed by using the power series in powers of $z,z/(z-1),1-z,1/z,1/(1-z),(z-1)/z$. With these expansions ${}_2{F}_1(a,b,c;z)$ is not completely computable for all complex values of $z$. As pointed out in Gil, {it et al.} [2007, S2.3], the points $z=e^{pmipi/3}$ are always excluded from the domains of convergence of these expansions. B"uhring [1987] has given a power series expansion that allows computation at and near these points. But, when $b-a$ is an integer, the coefficients of that expansion become indeterminate and its computation requires a nontrivial limiting process. Moreover, the convergence becomes slower and slower in that case. In this paper we obtain new expansions of the Gauss hypergeometric function in terms of rational functions of $z$ for which the points $z=e^{pmipi/3}$ are well inside their domains of convergence . In addition, these expansion are well defined when $b-a$ is an integer and no limits are needed in that case. Numerical computations show that these expansions converge faster than B"uhring's expansion for $z$ in the neighborhood of the points $e^{pmipi/3}$, especially when $b-a$ is close to an integer number.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.2046

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zbMATH Keywords

approximation by rational functionsGauss hypergeometric functiontwo- and three-point Taylor expansions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20) Classical hypergeometric functions, ({}_2F_1) (33C05) Series expansions (e.g., Taylor, Lidstone series, but not Fourier series) (41A58) Approximation by rational functions (41A20)

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• Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

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