English

Integral representations for Horn's $H_2$ function and Olsson's $F_P$ function

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2020-01-13 v7

Abstract

We derive some Euler type double integral representations for hypergeometric functions in two variables. In the first part of this paper we deal with Horn's H2H_2 function, in the second part with Olsson's FPF_P function. Our double integral representing the FPF_P function is compared with the formula for the same integral representing an H2H_2 function by M. Yoshida (Hiroshima Math. J. 10 (1980), 329-335 and M. Kita (Japan. J. Math. 18 (1992), 25-74). As specified by Kita, their integral is defined by a homological approach. We present a classical double integral version of Kita's integral, with outer integral over a Pochhammer double loop, which we can evaluate as H2H_2 just as Kita did for his integral. Then we show that shrinking of the double loop yields a sum of two double integrals for FPF_P.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1607.07349,
  title  = {Integral representations for Horn's $H_2$ function and Olsson's $F_P$ function},
  author = {Enno Diekema and Tom H. Koornwinder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.07349},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

v7: 25 pp.; final corrections as in journal version

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