Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
MAT 366 Special Functions Turkish Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 6 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites MAT 232 MIN DD
or MAT 232E MIN DD
Class Restriction None
Course Description
The Gamma and Beta Functions. The behavior of Gamma function for large |z|. Hypergeometric Function; The function F(a;b;c;z), integral representation, the evaluation of F(a;b;c;1), the contiguous function relations, the Hypergeometric differential equation, the linear and quadratic transformations. Generalized Hypergeometric Functions; the functions pFq, the expressions of some elemantary functions in terms of pFq , the integral representation of pFq. Bessel Functions; Bessel’s differential equation, recurrence relations, the generating function, integral representation, relations with trigonometric functions. Neumann polynomials and Neumann series. Confluent Hypergeometric Functions; the first and second formulas of Kummer. Legendre polynomials; A generating function, recurrence relations, Legendre differential equation, the Rodrigues formula, Legendre polynomials in terms of 2F1, integral representation, series expansion of analytic functions with respect to Legendre polynomials.