Extended incomplete gamma functions with applications

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 725-745

  Aslam Chaudhry, M ^a   Zubair, S M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 0037110153     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-247X(02)00354-2     Document Type: Article

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