Parabolic Cylinder Function

Author

Eric W. Weisstein
April 5, 2009

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Notation

ParabolicCylinderD[n,z]//TraditionalForm

Definition

ParabolicCylinderD[p_,z_]:=2^(p/2)Exp[-z^2/4] (Sqrt[Pi]Hypergeometric1F1[-p/2,1/2,z^2/2]/Gamma[(1-p)/2]-Sqrt[2Pi] z Hypergeometric1F1[(1-p)/2,3/2,z^2/2]/Gamma[-p/2])

MakeBoxes[ParabolicCylinderD[n_,z_],TraditionalForm]:=RowBox[{RowBox[{SubscriptBox["D",MakeBoxes[n,TraditionalForm]]}],"(",MakeBoxes[z,TraditionalForm],")"}]

Special Cases

(Subscript[D, n])(z)==(((2^(-(n/2))) (e^(-((z^2)/4))) (Subscript[H, n]) z)/(Sqrt[2]))

v5.2

ParabolicCylinderD[n,z]//TraditionalForm

FullSimplify[FunctionExpand[ParabolicCylinderD[-1,z]],Re[z]>0]

FullSimplify[ParabolicCylinderD[-1/2,z],Re[z]>0]

Subtract@@@Table[{ParabolicCylinderD[n,z],2^(-n/2) Exp[-z^2/4] HermiteH[n,z/Sqrt[2]]},{n,10}]//Simplify

v6

FunctionExpand[ParabolicCylinderD[n,z]]//TraditionalForm

V7

FunctionExpand[ParabolicCylinderD[n,z]]//TraditionalForm

(Subscript[D, n])(z)==(2^(n/2)) (e^(-((z^2)/4))) U(-(n/2),(1/2),((z^2)/2))

FullSimplify[(2^(n/2)) (E^(-((z^2)/4))) ((((Sqrt[π]) Hypergeometric1F1[-(n/2),(1/2),((z^2)/2)])/(Gamma[((1-n)/2)]))-(((Sqrt[2 π]) z Hypergeometric1F1[((1-n)/2),(3/2),((z^2)/2)])/(Gamma[-(n/2)])))-FunctionExpand[ParabolicCylinderD[n,z]],z>0]

FullSimplify[(2^(n/2)) (E^(-((z^2)/4))) ((((Sqrt[π]) Hypergeometric1F1[-(n/2),(1/2),((z^2)/2)])/(Gamma[((1-n)/2)]))-(((Sqrt[2 π]) z Hypergeometric1F1[((1-n)/2),(3/2),((z^2)/2)])/(Gamma[-(n/2)])))-ParabolicCylinderD[n,z],z>0]

FullSimplify[FunctionExpand[ParabolicCylinderD[n,z]]==ParabolicCylinderD[n,z]]

Simplify[%,Re[z]>0]

(Subscript[D, n])(z)==(2^((n/2)+(1/4))) (1/(Sqrt[z])) (Subscript[W, (n/2)+(1/4),-(1/4)])(((z^2)/2))

{ParabolicCylinderD[n,z],(2^(n/2+1/4))(z^(-1/2))WhittakerW[n/2+1/4,-1/4,(1/2)(z^2)]}/.{n->2,z->.2}

FullSimplify[Subtract@@{ParabolicCylinderD[n,z],(2^(n/2+1/4))(z^(-1/2))WhittakerW[n/2+1/4,-1/4,(1/2)(z^2)]},n∈Integers&&n>0&&z>0]

FullSimplify[FunctionExpand[%],n∈Integers&&n>0&&z>0]

Plots

<<Utilities`Plot`
<<Utilities`Typesetting`

Real Axis

Plot[Evaluate[Table[ParabolicCylinderD[n,x],{n,0,5}]],{x,-7,7},PlotRange->All,
PlotStyle->{Black,Red,Yellow,Green,Blue,Violet},
AxesLabel->TraditionalForm/@{x,ParabolicCylinderD[n,x]}]

Complex Plane

ComplexPlot3D[ParabolicCylinderD[1,z],{z,-2,2}]//Timing

ComplexContourPlot[ParabolicCylinderD[1,z],{z,-2,2}]//Timing

Differential Equation

diffyq=y''[x]+(ν+(1/2)-(1/4)(x^2))y[x];

DSolve[diffyq==0,y[x],x]//FullSimplify

f1[x_]:=(E^(-((x^2)/4))) (C[1] HermiteH[ν,(x/(Sqrt[2]))]+C[2] Hypergeometric1F1[-(ν/2),(1/2),((x^2)/2)])

FunctionExpand[diffyq/.y:>f1]//FullSimplify

diffyq/.y:>f1

Table[diffyq/.y:>f1/.Thread[{ν,x}->Table[Random[Complex,5(I+1){-1,1}],{2}]],{5}]//Expand//Chop

Table[diffyq/.y:>Function[x,ParabolicCylinderD[ν,x]]/.Thread[{ν,x}->Table[Random[Complex,5(I+1){-1,1},20],{2}]],{10}]//Chop

Table[diffyq/.y:>Function[x,ParabolicCylinderD2[ν,x]]/.Thread[{ν,x}->Table[Random[Complex,5(I+1){-1,1},20],{2}]],{10}]//Chop

Table[diffyq/.y:>Function[x,ParabolicCylinderD3[ν,x]]/.Thread[{ν,x}->Table[Random[Complex,5(I+1){-1,1},20],{2}]],{10}]//Chop

Table[diffyq/.y:>Function[x,ParabolicCylinderD4[ν,x]]/.Thread[{ν,x}->Table[Random[Complex,5(I+1){-1,1},20],{2}]],{10}]//Chop

Table[diffyq/.y:>Function[x,ParabolicCylinderD5[ν,x]]/.Thread[{ν,x}->Table[Random[Complex,5(I+1){-1,1},30],{2}]],{10}]//Chop

Whittaker and Watson

WhittakerM[k_,m_,z_]:=Exp[-z/2]z^(1/2+m)Hypergeometric1F1[1/2+m-k,1+2m,z]
WhittakerW[k_,m_,z_]:=Exp[-z/2]z^(m+1/2)HypergeometricU[1/2+m-k,1+2m,z]

ParabolicCylinderD1[p_,z_]:=2^(p/2)Exp[-z^2/4] (Sqrt[Pi]Hypergeometric1F1[-p/2,1/2,z^2/2]/Gamma[(1-p)/2]-Sqrt[2Pi] z Hypergeometric1F1[(1-p)/2,3/2,z^2/2]/Gamma[-p/2])
ParabolicCylinderD2[n_,z_]:=(2^(n/2+1/4))(z^(-1/2))WhittakerW[n/2+1/4,-1/4,z^2/2]
ParabolicCylinderD3[ν_,z_]:=((2^(ν/2)*Sqrt[Pi])/Gamma[(1-ν)/2])*E^(z^2/4)*Hypergeometric1F1[(1+ν)/2,1/2,-(z^2/2)]-((2^((1+ν)/2)*Sqrt[Pi])/Gamma[-(ν/2)])*z*E^(z^2/4)*Hypergeometric1F1[1+ν/2,3/2,-(z^2/2)]
ParabolicCylinderD4[ν_,z_]:=(2^(ν/2)*HypergeometricU[-(ν/2),1/2,z^2/2])/E^(z^2/4)
ParabolicCylinderD5[ν_,z_]:=((2^(ν/2)*Sqrt[Pi])/Gamma[(1-ν)/2])*E^(z^2/4)*Hypergeometric1F1[(1+ν)/2,1/2,-(z^2/2)]-((2^((1+ν)/2)*Sqrt[Pi])/Gamma[-(ν/2)])*Sqrt[z^2]*E^(z^2/4)*Hypergeometric1F1[1+ν/2,3/2,-(z^2/2)]

#[n,z]&/@{ParabolicCylinderD1,ParabolicCylinderD2,ParabolicCylinderD3,ParabolicCylinderD4,ParabolicCylinderD5}//ColumnForm//TraditionalForm

rightvals=Table[{Random[Complex,(I+1){-5,5},20],Random[Complex,{2-2I,2+2I},20]},{20}];
leftvals=Table[{Random[Complex,(I+1){-5,5},20],Random[Complex,{-2-2I,-2+2I},20]},{20}];

Map[ParabolicCylinderD1[n,z]-ParabolicCylinderD2[n,z]/.Thread[{n,z}->#]&,{leftvals,rightvals},{2}]//Chop

Map[ParabolicCylinderD1[n,z]-ParabolicCylinderD3[n,z]/.Thread[{n,z}->#]&,{leftvals,rightvals},{2}]//Chop

Map[ParabolicCylinderD1[n,z]-ParabolicCylinderD4[n,z]/.Thread[{n,z}->#]&,{leftvals,rightvals},{2}]//Chop

Map[ParabolicCylinderD4[n,z]-ParabolicCylinderD5[n,z]/.Thread[{n,z}->#]&,{leftvals,rightvals},{2}]//Chop