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==Special functions== {{main|Special functions}} ===Piecewise special functions=== {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * [[Indicator function]]: maps ''x'' to either 1 or 0, depending on whether or not ''x'' belongs to some subset. * [[Step function]]: A finite [[linear combination]] of [[indicator function]]s of [[half-open interval]]s. ** [[Heaviside step function]]: 0 for negative arguments and 1 for positive arguments. The integral of the [[Dirac delta function]]. * [[Sawtooth wave]] * [[Square wave (waveform)|Square wave]] * [[Triangle wave]] * [[Rectangular function]] * [[Floor function]]: Largest integer less than or equal to a given number. * [[Ceiling function]]: Smallest integer larger than or equal to a given number. * [[Sign function]]: Returns only the sign of a number, as +1, −1 or 0. * [[Absolute value]]: distance to the origin (zero point) }} ===Arithmetic functions=== {{main|Arithmetic function}} * [[divisor function|Sigma function]]: [[Summation|Sums]] of [[Exponentiation|power]]s of [[divisor]]s of a given [[natural number]]. * [[Euler's totient function]]: Number of numbers [[coprime]] to (and not bigger than) a given one. * [[Prime-counting function]]: Number of [[prime number|prime]]s less than or equal to a given number. * [[Partition function (number theory)|Partition function]]: Order-independent count of ways to write a given positive integer as a sum of positive integers. * [[Möbius function|Möbius μ function]]: Sum of the nth primitive roots of unity, it depends on the prime factorization of n. * [[Prime omega function]]s * [[Chebyshev function]]s * [[Liouville function]], λ(''n'') = (–1)<sup>Ω(''n'')</sup> * [[Von Mangoldt function]], Λ(''n'') = log ''p'' if ''n'' is a positive power of the prime ''p'' * [[Carmichael function]] ===Antiderivatives of elementary functions=== * [[Logarithmic integral function]]: Integral of the reciprocal of the logarithm, important in the [[prime number theorem]]. * [[Exponential integral]] * [[Trigonometric integral]]: Including Sine Integral and Cosine Integral * [[Inverse tangent integral]] * [[Error function]]: An integral important for [[normal distribution|normal random variables]]. ** [[Fresnel integral]]: related to the error function; used in [[optics]]. ** [[Dawson function]]: occurs in [[probability]]. ** [[Faddeeva function]] ===Gamma and related functions=== * [[Gamma function]]: A generalization of the [[factorial]] function. * [[Barnes G-function]] * [[Beta function]]: Corresponding [[binomial coefficient]] analogue. * [[Digamma function]], [[Polygamma function]] * [[Incomplete beta function]] * [[Incomplete gamma function]] * [[K-function]] * [[Multivariate gamma function]]: A generalization of the Gamma function useful in [[multivariate statistics]]. * [[Student's t-distribution]] * [[Gamma function#Pi function|Pi function]] <math>\Pi(z) = z \Gamma(z) = (z)!</math> ===Elliptic and related functions=== {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * [[Elliptic integral]]s: Arising from the path length of [[ellipse]]s; important in many applications. Alternate notations include: ** [[Carlson symmetric form]] ** [[Legendre form]] * [[Nome (mathematics)|Nome]] * [[Quarter period]] * [[Elliptic function]]s: The inverses of elliptic integrals; used to model double-periodic phenomena. **[[Jacobi's elliptic functions]] **[[Weierstrass's elliptic functions]] **[[Lemniscate elliptic functions]] * [[Theta functions]] * [[Neville theta functions]] * [[Modular lambda function]] * Closely related are the [[modular form]]s, which include ** [[J-invariant]] ** [[Dedekind eta function]] }} ===Bessel and related functions=== {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * [[Airy function]] * [[Bessel function]]s: Defined by a [[differential equation]]; useful in [[astronomy]], [[electromagnetism]], and [[mechanics]]. * [[Bessel–Clifford function]] * [[Kelvin functions]] * [[Legendre function]]: From the theory of [[spherical harmonics]]. * [[Scorer's function]] * [[Sinc function]] * [[Hermite polynomials]] * [[Laguerre polynomials]] * [[Chebyshev polynomials]] * [[Synchrotron function]] }} ===Riemann zeta and related functions=== {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * [[Riemann zeta function]]: A special case of [[Dirichlet series]]. * [[Riemann Xi function]] * [[Dirichlet eta function]]: An allied function. * [[Dirichlet beta function]] * [[Dirichlet L-function]] * [[Hurwitz zeta function]] * [[Legendre chi function]] * [[Lerch transcendent]] * [[Polylogarithm]] and related functions: ** [[Incomplete polylogarithm]] ** [[Clausen function]] ** [[Complete Fermi–Dirac integral]], an alternate form of the polylogarithm. ** [[Dilogarithm]] ** [[Incomplete Fermi–Dirac integral]] ** [[Kummer's function]] * [[Riesz function]] }} ===Hypergeometric and related functions=== * [[Hypergeometric function]]s: Versatile family of [[power series]]. * [[Confluent hypergeometric function]] * [[Associated Legendre functions]] * [[Meijer G-function]] * [[Fox H-function]] ===Iterated exponential and related functions=== * [[Hyper operator]]s * [[Iterated logarithm]] * [[Pentation]] * [[Super-logarithm]]s * [[Tetration]] ===Other standard special functions=== * [[Lambert W function]]: Inverse of ''f''(''w'') = ''w'' exp(''w''). * [[Lamé function]] * [[Mathieu function]] * [[Mittag-Leffler function]] * [[Painlevé transcendents]] * [[Parabolic cylinder function]] * [[Arithmetic–geometric mean]] ===Miscellaneous functions=== * [[Ackermann function]]: in the [[theory of computation]], a [[computable function]] that is not [[primitive recursive function|primitive recursive]]. * [[Dirac delta function]]: everywhere zero except for ''x'' = 0; total integral is 1. Not a function but a [[distribution (mathematics)|distribution]], but sometimes informally referred to as a function, particularly by physicists and engineers. * [[Dirichlet function]]: is an [[indicator function]] that matches 1 to [[Rational number|rational numbers]] and 0 to [[Irrational number|irrationals]]. It is [[nowhere continuous]]. * [[Thomae's function]]: is a function that is continuous at all irrational numbers and discontinuous at all rational numbers. It is also a modification of Dirichlet function and sometimes called Riemann function. * [[Kronecker delta function]]: is a function of two variables, usually integers, which is 1 if they are equal, and 0 otherwise. * [[Minkowski's question mark function]]: Derivatives vanish on the rationals. * [[Weierstrass function]]: is an example of [[continuous function]] that is nowhere [[Differentiable function|differentiable]]
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