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mfunlist - List special functions for use with mfun

Syntax

mfunlist

Description

mfunlist lists the special mathematical functions for use with the mfun function. The following tables describe these special functions.

Syntax and Definitions of mfun Special Functions

The following conventions are used in the next table, unless otherwise indicated in the Arguments column.

x, y

real argument

z, z1, z2

complex argument

m, n

integer argument

MFUN Special Functions

Function Name

Definition

mfun Name

Arguments

Bernoulli numbers and polynomials

Generating functions:

bernoulli(n)

bernoulli(n,t)

Bessel functions

BesselI, BesselJ—Bessel functions of the first kind.
BesselK, BesselY—Bessel functions of the second kind.

BesselJ(v,x)

BesselY(v,x)

BesselI(v,x)

BesselK(v,x)

v is real.

Beta function

Beta(x,y)

 

Binomial coefficients

binomial(m,n)

 

Complete elliptic integrals

Legendre's complete elliptic integrals of the first, second, and third kind

EllipticK(k)

EllipticE(k)

EllipticPi(a,k)

a is real, –∞ < a < ∞.

k is real, 0 < k < 1.

Complete elliptic integrals with complementary modulus

Associated complete elliptic integrals of the first, second, and third kind using complementary modulus

EllipticCK(k)

EllipticCE(k)

EllipticCPi(a,k)

a is real, –∞ < a < ∞.

k is real, 0 < k < 1.

Complementary error function and its iterated integrals

erfc(z)

erfc(n,z)

n > 0

Dawson's integral

dawson(x)

 

Digamma function

Psi(x)

 

Dilogarithm integral

dilog(x)

x > 1

Error function

erf(z)

 

Euler numbers and polynomials

Generating function for Euler numbers:

euler(n)

euler(n,z)

n ≥ 0

Exponential integrals

Ei(n,z)

Ei(x)

n ≥ 0

Real(z) > 0

Fresnel sine and cosine integrals

FresnelC(x)

FresnelS(x)

 

Gamma function

GAMMA(z)

 

Harmonic function

harmonic(n)

n > 0

Hyperbolic sine and cosine integrals

Shi(z)

Chi(z)

 

(Generalized) hypergeometric function

where j and m are the number of terms in n and d, respectively.

hypergeom(n,d,x)

where

n = [n1,n2,...]

d = [d1,d2,...]

n1,n2,... are real.

d1,d2,... are real and nonnegative.

Incomplete elliptic integrals

Legendre's incomplete elliptic integrals of the first, second, and third kind.

EllipticF(x,k)

EllipticE(x,k)

EllipticPi(x,a,k)

0 < x ≤ ∞.

a is real, –∞ < a < ∞.

k is real, 0 < k < 1.

Incomplete gamma function

GAMMA(z1,z2)

z1 = a
z2 = z

 

Logarithm of the gamma function

lnGAMMA(z)

 

Logarithmic integral

Li(x)

x > 1

Polygamma function

where is the Digamma function.

Psi(n,z)

n ≥ 0

Shifted sine integral

Ssi(z)

 

The following orthogonal polynomials are available using mfun. In all cases, n is a nonnegative integer and x is real.

Orthogonal Polynomials

Polynomial

mfun Name

Arguments

Chebyshev of the first and second kind

T(n,x)

U(n,x)

 

Gegenbauer

G(n,a,x)

a is a nonrational algebraic expression or a rational number greater than -1/2.

Hermite

H(n,x)

 

Jacobi

P(n,a,b,x)

a, b are nonrational algebraic expressions or rational numbers greater than -1.

Laguerre

L(n,x)

 

Generalized Laguerre

L(n,a,x)

a is a nonrational algebraic expression or a rational number greater than -1.

Legendre

P(n,x)

 

Examples

mfun('H',5,10)
ans =
     3041200
mfun('dawson',3.2)
ans =
    0.1655

Limitations

In general, the accuracy of a function will be lower near its roots and when its arguments are relatively large.

Running time depends on the specific function and its parameters. In general, calculations are slower than standard MATLAB calculations.

See Also

mfun

References

[1] Abramowitz, M. and I.A., Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Dover Publications, 1965.

  


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