A Comprehensive Treatment of q-Calculus

• Main Author: Ernst, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2012.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Special functions.; Number theory.; Special Functions.; Number Theory.

To date, the theoretical development of q-calculus has rested on a non-uniform basis. Generally, the bulky Gasper-Rahman notation was used, but the published works on q-calculus looked different depending on where and by whom they were written. This confusion of tongues not only complicated the theo...