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MATH385 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Course Code:	2360385
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	6.0
Department:	Mathematics
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. HASAN TAÞELÝ
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.
Prerequisite:	Set 1: 2360254 Set 2: 2360219 Set 3: 2360343
One of the sets above should be completed before taking MATH385 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS.

Course Content

Gamma and Beta functions. Pochhammer`s symbol. Hypergeometric series. Hypergeomet-ric differential equation; ordinary and con-fluent hypergeometric functions. Generalized hypergeometric functions; the contiguous function relations. Bessel function; the functional relationships, Bessel`s differential equation. Orthogonality of Bessel functions.