Multi-integral representations for Jacobi functions of the first and second kind

Abstract

AbstractOne may consider the generalization of Jacobi polynomials and the Jacobi function of the second kind to a general function where the degree is allowed to be a complex number instead of a non-negative integer. These functions are referred to as Jacobi functions. In a similar fashion as associated Legendre functions, these break into two categories, functions which are analytically continued from the real line segment [Formula: see text] and those analytically continued from the real ray [Formula: see text] Using properties of Gauss hypergeometric functions, we derive multi-derivative and multi-integral representations for the Jacobi functions of the first and second kind.

Keywords

• Generalized hypergeometric functions
• integral representations
• Jacobi functions
• Jacobi polynomials
• multi-integral representations
• Rodrigues-type relations