279 pgs, 1998, SPIE Press
ISBN 978-0819426161

Modern engineering, particularly for communications sytems and electro-optics, needs to remain current. This text on special functions indtroduces them and explores their applications.

Designed as a textbook or reference, this book includes a brief review of calculus as well as exercises to facilitate learning. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the most useful, our engineers ranked this book 7.5. Judge for yourself!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Infinite Series, Improper Integrals, and Infinite Products
2. Gamma Function and Related Functions
3. Other Functions Defined by Integrals
4. Bessel Functions
5. Bessel Functions of Other Kinds
6. Applications Involving Bessel Functions
7. Hypergeometric Function
8. Confluent Hypergeometric Functions
9. Generalized Hypergeometric Functions
10. Applications Involving Hypergeometric-Type Functions.