Generalized hypergeometric functions : transformations and group theoretical aspects / K. Srinivasa Rao, Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan.

By: Srinivasa Rao, K, 1942- [author.]Contributor(s): Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan [author.] | Institute of Physics, IOP - EBA (Great Britain) [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: IOP (Series)Release 5 | IOP expanding physicsPublisher: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (various pagings)Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780750314961 ebookSubject(s): Hypergeometric functions | Mathematical physics | SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & ComputationalAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 515.9 LOC classification: QA353.H9 S754 2018ebOnline resources: e-book Full-text access Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Hypergeometric series -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Gauss differential equation -- 1.3. Special functions -- 1.4. Properties of the hypergeometric functions -- 1.5. A conjecture
2. Group theory: basics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Invariances, symmetries, and physics -- 2.3. Discrete groups -- 2.4. The symmetric group Sn -- 2.5. An interesting property of Sn -- 2.6. Representations of a group -- 2.7. Lie groups and Lie
3. Group theory of the Kummer solutions of the Gauss differential equation -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The 24 solutions of the Gauss ODE -- 3.3. The Riemann equation
4. Group theory of terminating and non-terminating 3F2(a, b, c; d, e; 1) transformations -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Whipple notation -- 4.3. Terminating 3F2(1) series -- 4.4. Structure of GT and its irreps -- 4.5. Scaling the WE transforma
5. Angular momentum and the rotation group -- 5.1. Introduction: historical -- 5.2. Angular momentum algebra -- 5.3. Representations of angular momentum operators -- 5.4. The rotation group -- 5.5. The 3F2(1) sets -- 5.6. Symmetries of the 3-j c
6. Angular momentum recoupling and sets of 4F3(1)s -- 6.1. Introduction: historical -- 6.2. Addition of three angular momenta -- 6.3. Symmetries of the Racah coefficient -- 6.4. Two sets of 4F3(1)s -- 6.5. Inter-relationship of the two sets of 4
7. Double and triple hypergeometric series -- 7.1. Introduction: a history -- 7.2. Multiple hypergeometric series -- 7.3. Definitions of the 9-j coefficient -- 7.4. Symmetries of the 9-j coefficient -- 7.5. The Jucys-Bandzaitis triple sum series
8. Beta integral method and hypergeometric transformations -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Extensions of Euler's integral for 2F1(a, b; c; z) -- 8.3. The beta integral method -- 8.4. The algorithm -- 8.5. New single sum hypergeometric identities fr
9. Gauss, hypergeometric series, and Ramanujan -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. On some entries of Ramanujan on hypergeomtric series in his notebooks -- 9.3. Entry 43, in chapter XII of Ramanujan's Notebook 1 -- 9.4. The theorem of Rao, Berghe, and
Abstract: In 1813, Gauss first outlined his studies of the hypergeometric series which has been of great significance in the mathematical modelling of physical phenomena. This detailed monograph outlines the fundamental relationships between the hypergeom

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1. Hypergeometric series -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The Gauss differential equation -- 1.3. Special functions -- 1.4. Properties of the hypergeometric functions -- 1.5. A conjecture

2. Group theory: basics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Invariances, symmetries, and physics -- 2.3. Discrete groups -- 2.4. The symmetric group Sn -- 2.5. An interesting property of Sn -- 2.6. Representations of a group -- 2.7. Lie groups and Lie

3. Group theory of the Kummer solutions of the Gauss differential equation -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The 24 solutions of the Gauss ODE -- 3.3. The Riemann equation

4. Group theory of terminating and non-terminating 3F2(a, b, c; d, e; 1) transformations -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Whipple notation -- 4.3. Terminating 3F2(1) series -- 4.4. Structure of GT and its irreps -- 4.5. Scaling the WE transforma

5. Angular momentum and the rotation group -- 5.1. Introduction: historical -- 5.2. Angular momentum algebra -- 5.3. Representations of angular momentum operators -- 5.4. The rotation group -- 5.5. The 3F2(1) sets -- 5.6. Symmetries of the 3-j c

6. Angular momentum recoupling and sets of 4F3(1)s -- 6.1. Introduction: historical -- 6.2. Addition of three angular momenta -- 6.3. Symmetries of the Racah coefficient -- 6.4. Two sets of 4F3(1)s -- 6.5. Inter-relationship of the two sets of 4

7. Double and triple hypergeometric series -- 7.1. Introduction: a history -- 7.2. Multiple hypergeometric series -- 7.3. Definitions of the 9-j coefficient -- 7.4. Symmetries of the 9-j coefficient -- 7.5. The Jucys-Bandzaitis triple sum series

8. Beta integral method and hypergeometric transformations -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Extensions of Euler's integral for 2F1(a, b; c; z) -- 8.3. The beta integral method -- 8.4. The algorithm -- 8.5. New single sum hypergeometric identities fr

9. Gauss, hypergeometric series, and Ramanujan -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. On some entries of Ramanujan on hypergeomtric series in his notebooks -- 9.3. Entry 43, in chapter XII of Ramanujan's Notebook 1 -- 9.4. The theorem of Rao, Berghe, and

In 1813, Gauss first outlined his studies of the hypergeometric series which has been of great significance in the mathematical modelling of physical phenomena. This detailed monograph outlines the fundamental relationships between the hypergeom

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Dr. K Srinivasa Rao. With a PhD in Theoretical Physics from The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Dr. K Srinivasa Rao retired, from the same institute as a senior professor. He has been a Humboldt Fellow and a visiting professor at various uni

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