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polygamma functionnoun(mathematics) A meromorphic function on ℂ, defined as the (m+1)-th derivative (for a given order m) of the logarithm of the gamma function.
transcendental functionnoun(mathematical analysis) Any function that is algebraically independent of its variable(s); a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials.
k-functionnoun(mathematical analysis) A generalization of the hyperfactorial function in mathematics to real and complex numbers.
digamma functionnoun(mathematics) The first of the polygamma functions, being the logarithmic derivative of the gamma function.
regular functionnoun(mathematics) a meromorphic function
exponential generating functionnoun(mathematics) A formal power series with one indeterminate, whose coefficients are fractions with factorial denominators (of index corresponding to the power of the indeterminate) and numerators which represent a sequence of numbers that is to be studied.
green's functionnoun(calculus) a type of function used in the analysis of inhomogeneous differential equations.
complex functionnoun(mathematics) A function whose range is a subset of the set of complex numbers.
characteristic functionnoun(mathematics, probability theory) A complex function completely defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable
gamma distributionnoun(probability theory, statistics) Any of a family of two-parameter continuous probability distributions, of which the common exponential distribution and chi-square distribution are special cases.
generating functionnoun(mathematics) A formal power series with one indeterminate, whose coefficients encode a sequence that can be studied by algebraic manipulation of the series; any one of several generalizations, such as to encode more than one sequence or use more than one indeterminate.
superfunctionnoun(mathematics) An iterated function for complexified continuous iteration index.
entire functionnoun(mathematics) Any function of a complex variable that is holomorphic throughout the complex plane
theta functionnoun(mathematics) Any of a group of special functions of several complex variables, important in many areas, including the theories of abelian varieties and moduli spaces, and of quadratic forms.
zeta functionnoun(mathematics) function of the complex variable s that analytically continues the sum of the infinite series ∑ₙ₌₁ ᪲1/(nˢ) that converges when the real part of s is greater than 1.
general continued fractionnoun(mathematics) A generalized continued fraction.
hyperfunctionnoun(medicine) Abnormally elevated function.
gudermanniannoun(mathematics) A particular function, gd(x)=2 tan ⁻¹eˣ-π/2.
hypergeometric functionnoun(mathematics) Any function that is a solution of the hypergeometric equation; usually an expansion of an hypergeometric series
compositenounA mixture of different components.

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