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E3-HypergeometricFunctions.Rd
\name{HypergeometricFunctions}
\alias{HypergeometricFunctions}
\alias{kummerM}
\alias{kummerU}
\alias{whittakerM}
\alias{whittakerW}
\alias{hermiteH}
\title{Confluent Hypergeometric Functions}
\description{
A collection and description of special mathematical
functions which compute the confluent hypergeometric
and related functions. For example, these functions
are required to valuate Asian Options based on the
theory of exponential Brownian motion.
\cr
The functions are:
\tabular{ll}{
\code{kummerM} \tab the Confluent Hypergeometric Function of the 1st Kind, \cr
\code{kummerU} \tab the Confluent Hypergeometric Function of the 2nd Kind, \cr
\code{whittakerM} \tab the Whittaker M Function, \cr
\code{whittakerW} \tab the Whittaker W Function, \cr
\code{hermiteH} \tab the Hermite Polynomials. }
}
\usage{
kummerM(x, a, b, lnchf = 0, ip = 0)
kummerU(x, a, b, ip = 0)
whittakerM(x, kappa, mu, ip = 0)
whittakerW(x, kappa, mu, ip = 0)
hermiteH(x, n, ip = 0)
}
\arguments{
\item{x}{
[kummer*] - \cr
a complex numeric value or vector.
}
\item{a, b}{
[kummer*] - \cr
complex numeric indexes of the Kummer functions.
}
\item{ip}{
an integer value that specifies how many array positions are
desired, usually 10 is sufficient. Setting \code{ip=0} causes
the function to estimate the number of array positions.
}
\item{kappa, mu}{
complex numeric indexes of the Whittaker functions.
}
\item{lnchf}{
an integer value which selects how the result should be
represented. A \code{0} will return the value in standard
exponential form, a \code{1} will return the LOG of the result.
}
\item{n}{
[hermiteH] - \cr
the index of the Hermite polynomial.
}
}
\details{
The functions use the TOMS707 Algorithm by M. Nardin, W.F. Perger
and A. Bhalla (1989).
A numerical evaluator for the confluent hypergeometric function for
complex arguments with large magnitudes using a direct summation of
the Kummer series. The method used allows an accuracy of up to thirteen
decimal places through the use of large real arrays and a single final
division.
The confluent hypergeometric function is the solution to
the differential equation:
zf"(z) + (a-z)f'(z) - bf(z) = 0
The Whittaker functions and the Hermite Polynomials are dervived
from Kummer's functions.
}
\value{
The functions return the values of the selected special mathematical
function.
}
\author{
Diethelm Wuertz for the Rmetrics \R-port.
}
\references{
Abramowitz M., Stegun I.A. (1972);
\emph{Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs,
and Mathematical Tables},
9th printing, New York, Dover Publishing.
Weisstein E.W. (2004);
\emph{MathWorld -- A Wolfram Web Resource},
http://mathworld.wolfram.com
}
\examples{
## SOURCE("fOptions.E3-HypergeometricFunctions")
## kummerM -
# Abramowitz-Stegun: Formula 13.6.3/13.6.21
x = c(0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100, 1000)
nu = 1; a = nu+1/2; b = 2*nu+1
M = Re ( kummerM(x = 2*x, a = a, b = b) )
Bessel = gamma(1+nu) * exp(x)*(x/2)^(-nu) * BesselI(x, nu)
cbind(x, M, Bessel)
## kummerM -
# Abramowitz-Stegun: Formula 13.6.14
x = c(0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100, 1000)
M = Re ( kummerM(2*x, a = 1, b = 2) )
Sinh = exp(x)*sinh(x)/(x)
cbind(x, M, Sinh)
# Now the same for complex x:
y = rep(1, length = length(x))
x = complex(real = x, imag = y)
M = kummerM(2*x, a = 1, b = 2)
Sinh = exp(x)*sinh(x)/(x)
cbind(x, M, Sinh)
## kummerU -
# Abramowitz-Stegun: Formula 13.1.3
x = c(0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100, 1000)
a = 1/3; b = 2/3
U = Re ( kummerU(x, a = a, b = b) )
cbind(x, U)
## whittakerM -
# Abramowitz-Stegun: Example 13
AS = c(1.10622, 0.57469)
W = c(
whittakerM(x = 1, kappa = 0, mu = -0.4),
whittakerW(x = 1, kappa = 0, mu = -0.4) )
data.frame(AS, W)
## kummerM
# Abramowitz-Stegun: Example 17
x = seq(0, 16, length = 200)
plot(x = x, y = kummerM(x, -4.5, 1), type = "l", ylim = c(-25,125),
main = "Figure 13.2: M(-4.5, 1, x)")
lines(x = c(0, 16), y = c(0, 0), col = 2)
}
\keyword{math}