English

Convergence of Magnus integral addition theorems for confluent hypergeometric functions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2016-01-12 v1

Abstract

In 1946, Magnus presented an addition theorem for the confluent hypergeometric function of the second kind UU with argument x+yx+y expressed as an integral of a product of two UU's, one with argument xx and another with argument yy. We take advantage of recently obtained asymptotics for UU with large complex first parameter to determine a domain of convergence for Magnus' result. Using well-known specializations of UU, we obtain corresponding integral addition theorems with precise domains of convergence for modified parabolic cylinder functions, and Hankel, Macdonald, and Bessel functions of the first and second kind with order zero and one.

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@article{arxiv.1601.02566,
  title  = {Convergence of Magnus integral addition theorems for confluent hypergeometric functions},
  author = {Howard S. Cohl and Jessie Hirtenstein and Hans Volkmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.02566},
  year   = {2016}
}