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The Saddle-Points of the Confluent Hypergeometric Function M(a, b; x)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. Fieldhouse
M. Fieldhouse
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University Mathematical LaboratoryCambridge
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Abstract

This paper demonstrates the existence of an infinity of saddle-points of the function and gives a method of evaluating them suitable for automatic computation. A table of about 100 points is given to 5 decimal places.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , April 1960 , pp. 148 - 153
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1960

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