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Special Functions. An Introduction To The Classical Functions of Mathematical Physics

This document lists 65 errata items for the book "Special Functions. An Introduction to the Classical Functions of Mathematical Physics" by N.M. Temme. The errata items note corrections needed for page numbers, equation numbers, variable names, limits of integrals, references, and other details in the text and equations. The author and publication information is provided at the top.

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Special Functions. An Introduction To The Classical Functions of Mathematical Physics

This document lists 65 errata items for the book "Special Functions. An Introduction to the Classical Functions of Mathematical Physics" by N.M. Temme. The errata items note corrections needed for page numbers, equation numbers, variable names, limits of integrals, references, and other details in the text and equations. The author and publication information is provided at the top.

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Special Functions.

An Introduction to the Classical


Functions of Mathematical Physics
N.M. Temme
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI),
Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands

e-mail: Nico.Temme@cwi.nl

November 2, 2011

Errata and Comments

1. Page ix, section number 11.4.2 should read: “Asymptotic Expansion; µ Fixed, ξ
Large, 302”
2. Page ix, section number 11.4.3 should read: “Asymptotic Expansion; ξ Large, µ
Arbitrary, 303”
3. Page 4, Equation (1.11): include n > 0.
4. Page 5, Line 4 and 5: For a proof that the tangent numbers are integers, observe
that y(z) = tan z satisfies the differential equation y ′ = 1 + y 2 ; hence all derivatives
of y at z = 0 are integers.
5. Page 16, Line -3: replace = by = −.
6. Page 17, Theorem 1.4: include (−1)k−1 in the expression for Rk .
7. Page 18, Line 4: include (x) in the kth derivative of f .
8. Page 26, Exercise 1.11, first line: delete =.
9. Page 38, Line 9: “Chapter 10” should read “Chapter 9”.
10. Page 43, Section 3.2, Line 6-9: ... is analytic in the half-plane ℜz > −1 with 0
excluded. The question about the nature of the singularity at 0 is answered as
follows: from Γ(z) = Γ(z + 1)/z and Γ(1) = 1 we see that the origin is a pole of first
order.
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11. Page 45, Section 3.2.3, Line 7: read 2
Γ(p).
12. Page 49, Line 2 from the bottom: /q should read /π.
13. Page 49, Bottom line: in the first fraction, the numerator should read π and not q.
14. Page 50, Line 2: replace “term” by “factor”

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15. Page 52, Lines 8 and 9: The product sign must be moved to the numerator of the
subsequent fraction (both in Line 8 and Line 9)
16. Page 52, Line -1: in the numerator of the middle part replace (mn/e)m n by (mn/e)mn .
17. Page 71, Line -8: the summation should start with n = 1.
18. Page 74, 3.9: replace e−π|y| by e−π|y|/2 .
19. Page 74, Bottom line: in the first fraction, the denominator should read π and not
q.
20. Page 76, Line -3: replace “for a start” by “for convergence”.
21. Page 77, Line 5: replace ℜz > 1 by 0 < ℜz < 1.
22. Page 80, Line 12: u(u, y, z, t) should read u(x, y, z, t).
23. Page 98, Bottom line: insert “=” after the sum.
24. Page 103, Equation(4.41) and in the second line below this equation: replace τ by t.
25. Page 131, Exercise 5.11: read n = 0, 1, 2, . . ..
26. Page 142, Line 4: read A and B do not...”.
27. Page 151, include the factor 2πi in the denominator in front of the integral.
28. Page 152, Equation (6.39), denominator of the third line: Replace 2k by 2n .
29. Page 159, Line 2: replace “It is easily verified that” by “Introducing in (6.55) the
new variable of integration u = 1 − e−t , we easily verify that”
30. Page 170, Exercise 6.18, the subscript in the Laguerre polynomial in the sum should
read k and not n .
31. Page 171, Bottom, replace the ∼ by “=” (two times) and include +o(1) after the
sine and cosine terms.
32. Page 173, Line before (7.7): Rec should read ℜc.
33. Page 180, Line 2 after (7.23): include √2 in front of the M −function and √1 in
π π
front of the U −function.
34. Page 181, Line 2, 3 and 4 (formula for Ei(z)) should be skipped.
35. Page 181, Second line below this: (7.24) should read (7.25).
36. Page 182, Middle of the page: the number 1.089490... should read 1.1789... (twice).
37. Page 186, In subsection 7.3.8, Line 4: replace exp(iz) by exp(−iz).
38. Page 186, Middle, point 7.1: “Buchholtz” should read “Buchholz”; the same correc-
tion is needed in the Index on page 366.
39. Page 190, Line 4: z s should be z −s .
40. Page 201, Equation (8.33): lower limit of integration should read −1.
1 −1
41. Page 222, Equation (9.6), second formula: replace the fraction 2πi
by 2π
.
42. Page 232, Line 8 from bottom: “Batemann” should read “Bateman”.
43. Page 236, Equation (9.44): (2/z)ν should read (2z)ν . The result holds for ℜz > 0
and ℜν > −1/2.
44. Page 236, Line after (9.44): “(6.12)” should read “(7.12)”.
45. Page 247, Line 2 from bottom: “(3.13) and (3.14)” should read “(4.13) and (4.14)”.

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46. Page 253, Line 6 from bottom: “Remark 9.2” should read “Remark 9.4”.
47. Page 255, Lines 7 and 8: replace the ∼ by “=” (two times) and write [cos(ζ − π/4) +
o(1)] and [sin(ζ − π/4) + o(1)] for the cosine and sine terms.
48. Page 260, Line 6 from bottom: Fφ should read (rFφ ).
49. Page 273, Exercise 10.3. Replace the words “current density” by ”charge density”
(two times).
50. Page 279, Line 4 after (11.9). Replace |a/z| by |z/a|.
51. Page 283, t−integral: include 0 < c < λ.
52. Page 284, Line before (11.21): “non-negative” should read “non-positive”.
53. Page 285, Line -5: write u(t) = −i(t − 1).
54. Page 289, Line before §11.3.1: “§11.3.6.” should read “§11.3.4”.
55. Page 298, Equation (11.60). Replace π by 2π (two times).
56. Page 299, Equation (11.64). Replace e−x by e−x−y .
57. Page 301, Line before Equation (11.71). Replace s = 1 by t = 1.
58. Page 304, Equation (11.81). Replace sinh, by sinh γ,.
59. Page 315, Equation (12.1): 0 ≤ k < 1.
60. Page 315, Equation (12.2): 0 ≤ k ≤ 1.
61. Page 321, Equations (12.15), (12.16), (12.17): φ should be restricted to the interval
[−π/2, π/2] and k as in (12.1) and (12.2). After (12.20) insert: “If n > 0 and x2 n > 1
the integral in (12.20) should be interpreted as a Cauchy principal value integral.”
62. Page 325, Line -5, series for θ4 : the exponential function should read e2niz .
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63. Page 346, Eq. (13.13): replace 2
by s
.
64. Page 353. Include item: G. Gasper and M. Rahman (1990), Basic hypergeometric
series, Cambridge University Press, London and New York.
65. Page 353. Include item: W. Gautschi (1994), Algorithm 726: ORTHPOL - A package
of routines for generating orthogonal polynomials and Gaus-type quadrature rules,
ACM Trans. Math. Softw., 20, 21 – 62.

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