Computational Properties of Three-Term Recurrence Relations for Kummer Functions Articles uri icon

publication date

  • January 2010

start page

  • 1505

end page

  • 1510

issue

  • 6

volume

  • 233

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0377-0427

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1879-1778

abstract

  • Several three-term recurrence relations for confluent hypergeometric functions are analyzed from a numerical point of view. Minimal and dominant solutions for complex values of the variable z are given, derived from asymptotic estimates of the Whittaker functions with large parameters. The Laguerre polynomials and the regular Coulomb wave functions are studied as particular cases, with numerical examples of their computation.