Special functions occupy a central role in mathematical analysis, bridging pure theory and practical application across diverse scientific fields. Their intrinsic properties—such as recurrence ...

Vol. 22, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO THE 70TH BIRTHDAY OF PROFESSOR ZHONG-CI SHI (MARCH 2004), pp. 200-209 (10 pages) Exponential time differencing schemes are time integration methods that can ...

The normal, Poisson, gamma, binomial, and negative binomial distributions are univariate natural exponential families with quadratic variance functions (the variance is at most a quadratic function of ...