Normal solutions of difference equations, Euler's functions and spirals

Aequationes Mathematicae

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-247

  Gronau, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Beta function; Difference equations; Gamma function; Normal solution; Principal solution; Q gamma function; Spirals

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744272928     PISSN: 00019054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00010-004-2765-3     Document Type: Article

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