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    Special Functions: An Introduction to the Classical Functions of Mathematical


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    Article in American Journal of Physics · May 1997


    DOI: 10.1119/1.18604

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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

    October 20, 2010

    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.
    1
    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”

    1
    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 186, In subsection 7.3.8, Line 4: replace exp(iz) by exp(−iz).
    35. Page 186, Middle, point 7.1: “Buchholtz” should read “Buchholz”; the same correc-
    tion is needed in the Index on page 366.
    36. Page 190, Line 4: z s should be z −s .
    37. Page 201, Equation (8.33): lower limit of integration should read −1.
    1 −1
    38. Page 222, Equation (9.6), second formula: replace the fraction 2πi
    by 2π
    .
    39. Page 232, Line 8 from bottom: “Batemann” should read “Bateman”.
    40. Page 236, Equation (9.44): (2/z)ν should read (2z)ν . The result holds for ℜz > 0
    and ℜν > −1/2.
    41. Page 236, Line after (9.44): “(6.12)” should read “(7.12)”.
    42. Page 247, Line 2 from bottom: “(3.13) and (3.14)” should read “(4.13) and (4.14)”.
    43. Page 253, Line 6 from bottom: “Remark 9.2” should read “Remark 9.4”.
    44. 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.
    45. Page 260, Line 6 from bottom: Fφ should read (rFφ ).

    2
    46. Page 273, Exercise 10.3. Replace the words “current density” by ”charge density”
    (two times).
    47. Page 279, Line 4 after (11.9). Replace |a/z| by |z/a|.
    48. Page 283, t−integral: include 0 < c < λ.
    49. Page 284, Line before (11.21): “non-negative” should read “non-positive”.
    50. Page 285, Line -5: write u(t) = −i(t − 1).
    51. Page 289, Line before §11.3.1: “§11.3.6.” should read “§11.3.4”.
    52. Page 298, Equation (11.60). Replace π by 2π (two times).
    53. Page 301, Line before Equation (11.71). Replace s = 1 by t = 1.
    54. Page 304, Equation (11.81). Replace sinh, by sinh γ,.
    55. Page 315, Equation (12.1): 0 ≤ k < 1.
    56. Page 315, Equation (12.2): 0 ≤ k ≤ 1.
    57. 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.”
    58. Page 325, Line -5, series for θ4 : the exponential function should read e2niz .
    1 1
    59. Page 346, Eq. (13.13): replace 2
    by s
    .
    60. Page 353. Include item: G. Gasper and M. Rahman (1990), Basic hypergeometric
    series, Cambridge University Press, London and New York.
    61. 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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