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Special Functions, Fall 2008

MAD 6209 - 001

  • Instructor: Heinrich Niederhausen, SE 214, phone: 297-3237
  • E-mail: niederha@fau.edu
  • Web-site of this outline: http://www.math.fau.edu/Niederhausen/html/Combinatorics/SpecialFunctionsF08.htm
  • When: MWF 4-4:50
  • Where: SE 215
  • Prerequisites: Some combinatorics
  • Office Hours: TBA
  • Text: Special Functions, by Andrews, Askey, and Roy
  • Course description: (tentative)
    Hypergeometric functions, transformations and identities
    Orthogonal polynomials ...
    Introduction to q-series
    Asymptotic expansions
    More topics ...
  • Objectives: Know the basic concepts and terminology of Special Functions. Apply the concepts to applied and theoretical problems.
  • Assessment:
    Homework and class presentations

Updated June 17, 2008