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§13.15 Recurrence Relations and Derivatives

Contents
  1. §13.15(i) Recurrence Relations
  2. §13.15(ii) Differentiation Formulas

§13.15(i) Recurrence Relations

13.15.1 (\kappa-\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})M_{\kappa-1,\mu}\left(z\right)+(z-2\kappa)M_{\kappa,%
\mu}\left(z\right)+(\kappa+\mu+\tfrac{1}{2})M_{\kappa+1,\mu}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.2 2\mu(1+2\mu)\sqrt{z}M_{\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)-(z+2%
\mu)(1+2\mu)M_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)+(\kappa+\mu+\tfrac{1}{2})\sqrt{z}M_{%
\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.3 (\kappa-\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})M_{\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)+%
(1+2\mu)\sqrt{z}M_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)-(\kappa+\mu+\tfrac{1}{2})M_{%
\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.4 2\mu M_{\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)-2\mu M_{\kappa+\frac%
{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)-\sqrt{z}M_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.5 2\mu(1+2\mu)M_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)-2\mu(1+2\mu)\sqrt{z}M_{\kappa-\frac{1%
}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)-(\kappa-\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})\sqrt{z}M_{\kappa%
-\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.6 2\mu(1+2\mu)\sqrt{z}M_{\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)+(z-2%
\mu)(1+2\mu)M_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)+(\kappa-\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})\sqrt{z}M_{%
\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.7 2\mu(1+2\mu)\sqrt{z}M_{\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)-2\mu(%
1+2\mu)M_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)+(\kappa+\mu+\tfrac{1}{2})\sqrt{z}M_{\kappa%
+\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)=0.
13.15.8 W_{\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)-\sqrt{z}W_{\kappa,\mu}%
\left(z\right)+(\kappa-\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})W_{\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}%
\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.9 W_{\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)-\sqrt{z}W_{\kappa,\mu}%
\left(z\right)+(\kappa+\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})W_{\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}%
\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.10 2\mu W_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)-\sqrt{z}W_{\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2%
}}\left(z\right)+\sqrt{z}W_{\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.11 W_{\kappa+1,\mu}\left(z\right)+(2\kappa-z)W_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)+(\kappa%
-\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})(\kappa+\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})W_{\kappa-1,\mu}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.12 (\kappa-\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})\sqrt{z}W_{\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z%
\right)+2\mu W_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)-(\kappa+\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})\sqrt{z}W_{%
\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.13 (\kappa+\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})\sqrt{z}W_{\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z%
\right)-(z+2\mu)W_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)+\sqrt{z}W_{\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu%
+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)=0,
13.15.14 (\kappa-\mu-\tfrac{1}{2})\sqrt{z}W_{\kappa-\frac{1}{2},\mu+\frac{1}{2}}\left(z%
\right)-(z-2\mu)W_{\kappa,\mu}\left(z\right)+\sqrt{z}W_{\kappa+\frac{1}{2},\mu%
-\frac{1}{2}}\left(z\right)=0.

§13.15(ii) Differentiation Formulas

Other versions of several of the identities in this subsection can be constructed by use of (13.3.29).