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elliptic function hypergeometric function gamma function Bessel function function trigonometric function logistic function Riemann zeta function exponential function Recursive function harmonic function Lagrangian function Hamiltonian function integral transform Propositional function

Key People

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Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker

British mathematician

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