Gaussian hypergeometric function

Evaluates the Gaussian hypergeometric function.

The Gaussian hypergeometric function is defined for |x| < 1 by the power series:

and is undefined (or infinite) if c equals a non-positive integer.

Here (q)ₙ is the (rising) Pochhammer symbol, which is defined by:

For |x| >= 1, the function can be analytically continued using functional identities and transformation formulas.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/math-base-special-hyp2f1

Usage

var hyp2f1 = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-hyp2f1' );

hyp2f1( a, b, c, x )

Evaluates the Gaussian hypergeometric function.

var v = hyp2f1( 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0 );
// returns 1.0

v = hyp2f1( 10.0, 7.4, -1.8, -0.99 );
// returns ~0.423

v = hyp2f1( 3.0, 4.0, 7.0, 1.0 );
// returns +Infinity

v = hyp2f1( NaN, 3.0, 2.0, 0.5 );
// returns NaN

Examples

var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-array-uniform' );
var logEachMap = require( '@stdlib/console-log-each-map' );
var hyp2f1 = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-hyp2f1' );

var opts = {
    'dtype': 'float64'
};
var a = uniform( 100, -50.0, 50.0, opts );
var b = uniform( 100, -50.0, 50.0, opts );
var c = uniform( 100, -50.0, 50.0, opts );
var x = uniform( 100, -50.0, 50.0, opts );

logEachMap( 'a: %0.4f, b: %0.4f, c: %0.4f, x: %0.4f, 2F1(a,b;c;x): %0.4f', a, b, c, x, hyp2f1 );

C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/math/base/special/hyp2f1.h"

stdlib_base_hyp2f1( a, b, c, x )

Evaluates the Gaussian hypergeometric function.

double out = stdlib_base_hyp2f1( 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0 );
// returns 1.0

out = stdlib_base_hyp2f1( 10.0, 7.4, -1.8, -0.99 );
// returns ~0.423

The function accepts the following arguments:

• a: [in] double input value.
• b: [in] double input value.
• c: [in] double input value.
• x: [in] double input value.

double stdlib_base_hyp2f1( const double a, const double b, const double c, const double x );

Examples

#include "stdlib/math/base/special/hyp2f1.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

static double random_uniform( const double min, const double max ) {
    double v = (double)rand() / ( (double)RAND_MAX + 1.0 );
    return min + ( v*(max-min) );
}

int main( void ) {
    double a;
    double b;
    double c;
    double x;
    double y;
    int i;

    for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
        a = random_uniform( -50.0, 50.0 );
        b = random_uniform( -50.0, 50.0 );
        c = random_uniform( -50.0, 50.0 );
        x = random_uniform( -50.0, 50.0 );
        y = stdlib_base_hyp2f1( a, b, c, x );
        printf( "a: %lf, b: %lf, c: %lf, x: %lf, 2F1(a,b;c;x): %lf\n", a, b, c, x, y );
    }
}

Notice

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