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A Basic Analogue of MacRobert's E-Function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

R. P. Agarwal
Affiliation:
Lucknow University, India
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MacRobert [2] in 1937 defined the E-function as

where the symbol denotes that to the expression following it, a similar expression with α and β interchanged is to be added. For (1) he also gave the integral representation

where Re β > 0, | arg z | < π.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1961

References

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