(For other notation see Notation for the Special Functions.)
All matrices are of order
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fractional or complex powers are principal values.
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| nonnegative integers. | |
| positive integer. | |
| partitional shifted factorial (§35.4(i)). | |
| zero matrix. | |
| identity matrix. | |
| space of all real symmetric matrices. | |
| real symmetric matrices. | |
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trace of |
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determinant of |
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eigenvalues of |
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spectral norm of |
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complex-valued function with
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| space of orthogonal matrices. | |
| orthogonal matrix. | |
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normalized Haar measure on |
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The main functions treated in this chapter are the multivariate gamma and beta
functions, respectively
and
, and
the special functions of matrix argument: Bessel (of the first kind)
and (of the second kind)
; confluent hypergeometric (of the first kind)
or
and (of the second kind)
; Gaussian hypergeometric
or
; generalized
hypergeometric
or
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