[section:hypergeometric Hypergeometric Functions]

[section:hypergeometric_1f0 Hypergeometric [sub 1]/F/[sub 0] ]

   #include <boost/math/special_functions/hypergeometric_1F0.hpp>

   namespace boost { namespace math {

   template <class T1, class T2>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_1F0(T1 a, T2 z);

   template <class T1, class T2, class ``__Policy``>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_1F0(T1 a, T2 z, const ``__Policy``&);

   }} // namespaces

[h4 Description]

The function `hypergeometric_1F0` returns the result of:

[equation hyper_1f0]

The return type of these functions is computed using the __arg_promotion_rules
when `T1` and `T2` are different types.

[optional_policy]

The functions return the result of __domain_error whenever the result is
undefined or complex.  This occurs for `z == 1` or `1 - z < 0` and `a` not an integer.

[h4 Implementation]

The implementation is trivial:

[expression ['[sub 1]F[sub 0](a, z) = (1-z)[super -a]]]

[endsect] [/section:hyper_geometric_1f0 Hypergeometric [sub 1]/F/[sub 0] ]

[section:hypergeometric_0f1 Hypergeometric [sub 0]/F/[sub 1] ]

   #include <boost/math/special_functions/hypergeometric_0F1.hpp>

   namespace boost { namespace math {

   template <class T1, class T2>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_0F1(T1 b, T2 z);

   template <class T1, class T2, class ``__Policy``>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_0F1(T1 b, T2 z, const ``__Policy``&);

   }} // namespaces

[h4 Description]

The function `hypergeometric_0F1` returns the result of

[equation hyper_0f1]

The return type of these functions is computed using the __arg_promotion_rules
when `T1` and `T2` are different types.

[optional_policy]

The functions return the result of __domain_error whenever the result is
undefined or complex.
This occurs only when `b` is an integer <= 0.

[h4 Implementation]

The function is implemented via its defining series wherever convergent.

For a divergent series we use the continued fraction as long as the result is not too small:

[equation hyper_0f1_cf]

and one of the Bessel function relations otherwise:

[equation hyper_0f1_bessel_j]

[equation hyper_0f1_bessel_i]

[endsect] [/section:hypergeometric_0f1 Hypergeometric [sub 0]/F/[sub 1] ]

[section:hypergeometric_2f0 Hypergeometric [sub 2]/F/[sub 0]]

   #include <boost/math/special_functions/hypergeometric_2F0.hpp>

   namespace boost { namespace math {

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_2F0(T1 a1, T2 a2, T3 z);

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3, class ``__Policy``>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_2F0(T1 a1, T2 a2, T3 z, const ``__Policy``&);

   }}

[h4 Description]

The function `hypergeometric_2F0` returns the result of

[equation hyper_2f0]

The return type of these functions is computed using the __arg_promotion_rules
when `T1` and `T2` are different types.

[optional_policy]

The functions return the result of __domain_error whenever the result is
undefined or complex.  The valid domain for this function occurs only when one of `a1` or
`a2` is a negative integer: ie the polynomial case.

[h4 Implementation]

When `a1 == a2 - 0.5` then the function is implemented in terms of the Hermite polynomial:

[equation hyper_2f0_hermite]

When both `a1` and `a2` are integers then the function is implemented in terms of the associated-Laguerre polynomial:

[equation hyper_2f0_laguerre]

If the defining series is divergent, we use the continued fraction

[equation hyper_2f0_cf]

Otherwise we use the defining series.

[endsect] [/section:hyper_geometric_1f0 Hypergeometric [sub 2]/F/[sub 0]]

[section:hypergeometric_1f1 Hypergeometric [sub 1]/F/[sub 1]]


   #include <boost/math/special_functions/hypergeometric_1F1.hpp>

   namespace boost { namespace math {

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_1F1(T1 a, T2 b, T3 z);

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3, class ``__Policy``>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_1F1(T1 a, T2 b, T3 z, const ``__Policy``&);

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_1F1_regularized(T1 a, T2 b, T3 z);

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3, class ``__Policy``>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_1F1_regularized(T1 a, T2 b, T3 z, const ``__Policy``&);

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
   ``__sf_result`` log_hypergeometric_1F1(T1 a, T2 b, T3 z);

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3, class ``__Policy``>
   ``__sf_result`` log_hypergeometric_1F1(T1 a, T2 b, T3 z, const ``__Policy``&);

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3>
   ``__sf_result`` log_hypergeometric_1F1(T1 a, T2 b, T3 z, int* sign);

   template <class T1, class T2, class T3, class ``__Policy``>
   ``__sf_result`` log_hypergeometric_1F1(T1 a, T2 b, T3 z, int* sign, const ``__Policy``&);

   }} // namespaces

[h4 Description]

[? __build_html '''<?dbhtml-include href="'''__base_path__'''/graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/script_include.html"?>''']

The function `hypergeometric_1F1(a, b, z)` returns the non-singular solution to
[@https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confluent_hypergeometric_function Kummer's equation]

[:[/\large $$z \frac{d^2 w}{d z^2} + (b-z) \frac{dw}{dz} - aw = 0 $$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_2.svg]]

which for |/z/| < 1 has the hypergeometric series expansion

[:[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_1.svg]]

where (/a/)[sub /n/] denotes rising factorial.
This function has the same definition as Mathematica's `Hypergeometric1F1[a, b, z]` and Maple's `KummerM(a, b, z)`.

The "regularized" versions of the function return:

[:[/ \Large  $$ \textbf{M}(a, b; z) = \frac{{_1F_1}(a, b; z)}{\Gamma(b)} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(a)_n z^n}{\Gamma(b+n) n!} $$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_17.svg]]

The "log" versions of the function return:

[:[/ \Large  $$ \ln(|_1F_1(a, b, z)|) $$ ]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_18.svg]]

When the optional `sign` argument is supplied it is set on exit to either +1 or -1 depending on the sign of [sub 1]/F/[sub 1](/a/, /b/, /z/).

Both the regularized and the logarithmic versions of these functions return results without the spurious
under/overflow that plague naive implementations.

[h4 Known Issues]

This function is still very much the subject of active research, 
and a full range of methods capable of calculating the function
over its entire domain are not yet available.
We have worked extremely hard to ensure that problem domains result in an exception being thrown
(an __evaluation_error) rather than return a garbage result.
Domains that are still unsolved include:

[table
[[domain][comment][example]]
[[ [/\large  $$_1F_1(-a, -b; -z)$$] [$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_13.svg]][ /a, b/ and /z/ all large.][[sub 1]F[sub 1](-814723.75, -13586.87890625, -15.87335205078125)]]
[[ [/\large  $$_1F_1(-a, -b; z)$$] [$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_14.svg]][ /a < b/, /b > z/, this is really the same domain as above.][ ]]
[[ [/\large  $$_1F_1(a, -b; z)$$] [$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_15.svg]][ There is a gap in between methods where no reliable implementation is possible, the issue becomes much worse for /a/, /b/ and /z/ all large.][[sub 1]F[sub 1](9057.91796875, -1252.51318359375, 15.87335205078125)]]
[[ [/\large  $$_1F_1(a_{tiny}, b; -z)$$] [$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_16.svg]  ][This domain is mostly handled by A&S 13.3.6 (see implementation notes below), but there
      are some values where either that series is non-convergent (most particularly for /b/ < 0)
      or where the series becomes divergent after a few terms limiting the precision that can be achieved.][[sub 1]F[sub 1](-5.9981750131794866e-15, 0.499999999999994, -240.42092034220695)]]
]

The following graph illustrates the problem area for /b < 0/ and /a,z > 0/:

[? __build_html '''<?dbhtml-include href="'''__base_path__'''/graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_b_incalculable.html"?>''']
[?! __build_html [$../graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_b_incalculable.png]]

[h4 Testing]

There are 3 main groups of tests:

* Spot tests for special inputs with known values.
* Sanity checks which use integrals of hypergeometric functions of known value.  These are particularly useful
since for fixed ['a] and ['b] they evaluate ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](a,b,z)] for all /z/.
* Testing against values precomputed using arbitrary precision arithmetic and the /pFq/ series.

We also have a [@../../tools/hypergeometric_1F1_error_plot.cpp small program] for testing random values over a user-specified domain of /a/, /b/ and /z/, this program
is also used for the error rate plots below and has been extremely useful in fine-tuning the implementation.

It should be noted however, that there are some domains for large negative /a/ and /b/ that have poor test coverage as we were
simply unable to compute test values in reasonable time: it is not uncommon for the /pFq/ series to cancel many hundreds of digits
and sometimes into the thousands of digits.

[h4 Errors]

We divide the domain of [sub 1]/F/[sub 1] up into several domains to explain the error rates.

In the following graphs we ran 100000 random test cases over each domain, note that the scatter plots show only the very worst errors
as otherwise the graphs are both incomprehensible and virtually unplottable (as in sudden browser death).

For 0 < a,b,z the error rates are trivially small unless we are forced to take steps to avoid very-slow convergence and use a method other than direct evaluation of the series
for performance reasons.  Even so the errors rates are broadly acceptable, while the scatter graph shows where the worst errors are located:

[$../graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/positive_abz_bins.svg]
[? __build_html '''<?dbhtml-include href="'''__base_path__'''/graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/positive_abz.html"?>''']
[?! __build_html [$../graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/positive_abz.png]]

For -1000 < a < 0 and 0 < b,z < 1000 the maximum error rates are higher, but most are still low, and the worst errors are fairly evenly distributed:

[$../graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_a_bins.svg]
[? __build_html '''<?dbhtml-include href="'''__base_path__'''/graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_a.html"?>''']
[?! __build_html [$../graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_a.png]]

For -1000 < /b/ < 0 and /a/,/z/ > 0 the errors are mostly low at double precision except near the "unimplementable zone".
Note however, that the some of the methods used here fail to converge to much better than double precision.

[$../graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_b_bins.svg]
[? __build_html '''<?dbhtml-include href="'''__base_path__'''/graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_b.html"?>''']
[?! __build_html [$../graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_b.png]]

For both /a/ and /b/ less than zero, the errors the worst errors are clustered in a "difficult zone" with /b < a/ and /z/ [asymp] /a/:

[$../graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_ab_bins.svg]
[? __build_html '''<?dbhtml-include href="'''__base_path__'''/graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_ab.html"?>''']
[?! __build_html [$../graphs/hypergeometric_1f1/negative_ab.png]]


[h4 Implementation]

The implementation for this function is remarkably complex;
readers will have to refer to the code for the transitions between methods, as we can only give an overview here.

In almost all cases where /z < 0/ we use [@https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confluent_hypergeometric_function Kummer's relation]
to make /z/ positive:

[:[/\large  $$_1F_1(a, b; -z) = e^{-z} {_1F_1}(a, b; z)$$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_12.svg]]

The main series representation

[:[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_1.svg]]

is used only when

* we are sure that it is convergent and not subject to excessive cancellation, and
* there is no other better method available.

The implementation of this series is complicated by the fact that for /b/ < 0 then what appears to be a fully converged series can in fact suddenly jump back
to life again as /b/ crosses the origin.

A&S 13.3.6 gives

[:[/\large $$_1F_1(a, b; z) = e^{ \frac{z}{2} } \Gamma(b-a- \frac{1}{2} ) ( \frac{z}{4})^{a-b+ \frac{1}{2}} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(2b-2a-1)_n(b-2a)_n(b-a-\frac{1}{2}+n)}{n!(b)_n} (-1)^n I_{b-a-\frac{1}{2}+n}(\frac{z}{2})$$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_3.svg]]

which is particularly useful for ['a [cong] b] and ['z > 0], or /a/ \u226a 1, and ['z < 0].

Then we have Tricomi's approximation (given in simplified form in A&S 13.3.7) [link math_toolkit.hypergeometric.hypergeometric_refs (7)]

[:[/\large $$_1F_1(a, b; z) = \Gamma(b) e^{ \frac{1}{2} z} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} 2^{-n}z^n A_n(a,b) E_{b-1+n}(z(\frac{b}{2}-a)) $$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_4.svg]]

with

[:[/\large $$A_0(a,b) = 1, A_1(a,b) = 0, A_2(a,b) = \frac{b}{2}, A_3(a,b)= - \frac{1}{3}(b-2a)  $$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_5.svg]]

and

[:[/\large $$(n+1)A_{n+1} = (n+b-1)A_{n-1} - (b-2a)A_{n-2} \quad;\quad n \geq 2 $$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_6.svg]]

With ['E[sub v]] defined as:

[:[/
\begin{equation*}
\begin{split}
E_v(z) & = z^{-\frac{1}{2}v} J_v(2 \sqrt{z})\\
E_v(-z) & = z^{-\frac{1}{2}v} I_v(2 \sqrt{z})\\
E_v(0) & = \frac{1}{\Gamma(v + 1)}
\end{split}
\end{equation*}]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_7.svg]]

This approximation is especially effective when ['a < 0].

For /a/ and /b/ both large and positive and somewhat similar in size then an expansion in terms of gamma functions can be used [link math_toolkit.hypergeometric.hypergeometric_refs (6)]:

[:[/\large  $$_1F_1(a, b; x) = \frac{1}{B(a, b-a)} e^x \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{(1-a)_k}{k!} \frac{\gamma(b-a+k, x)}{x^{b-a+k}} $$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_8.svg]]

For /z/ large we have the asymptotic expansion:

[:[/\large  $$_1F_1(a, b; x) \approx \frac{e^x x^{a-b}}{\Gamma(a)} \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{(1-a)_k(b-a)_k}{k! x^k} $$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_9.svg]]

which is a special case of the gamma function expansion above.

In the situation where `ab/z` is reasonably small then Luke's rational approximation is used - this is too complex to document
here, refer either to the code or the original paper [link math_toolkit.hypergeometric.hypergeometric_refs (3)].

The special case [sub 1]/F/[sub 1](1, /b/, -/z/) is treated via Luke's Pade approximation [link math_toolkit.hypergeometric.hypergeometric_refs (3)].

That effectively completes the "direct" methods used, the remaining areas are treated indirectly via recurrence relations.
These require extreme care in their use, as they often change the direction of stability, or else are not stable at all.
Sometimes this is a well defined and characterized change in direction: for example with /a,b/ and /z/ all positive recurrence on /a/ via

[:[/\large  $$(b-a) _1F_1(a-1, b; z) + (2a-b+z) _1F_1(a, b; z) -a _1F_1(a+1, b; z) = 0 $$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_10.svg]]

abruptly changes from stable forwards recursion to stable backwards if /2a-b+z/ changes sign.
Thus recurrence on /a/, even when [sub 1]/F/[sub 1](/a/+/N/, /b/, /z/) is strictly increasing, needs careful handling as /a/ \u2192 0.

The transitory nature of the stable recurrence relations is well documented in the literature,
for example [link math_toolkit.hypergeometric.hypergeometric_refs (10)]
gives many examples, including the anomalous behaviour of recurrence on /a/ and /b/ for large /z/ as first documented by
Gauchi [link math_toolkit.hypergeometric.hypergeometric_refs (12)].
Gauchi also provides the definitive reference on 3-term recurrence relations
in general in [link math_toolkit.hypergeometric.hypergeometric_refs (11)].

Unfortunately, not all recurrence stabilities are so well defined.
For example, when considering [sub 1]F[sub 1](/a/, -/b/, /z/) it would be convenient to use
the continued fractions associated with the recurrence relations to calculate [sub 1]F[sub 1](/a/, -/b/, /z/) / [sub 1]F[sub 1](/a/, 1-/b/, /z/)
and then normalize
either by iterating forwards on /b/ until /b > 0/ and comparison with a reference value, or by using the Wronskian

[:[/\large  $$_1F_1(a, b; z) \frac{d}{dz}z^{1-b}_1F_1(1+a-b, 2-b; z) - z^{1-b}_1F_1(1+a-b, 2-b; z)\frac{d}{dz}{_1F_1}(a, b; z) = (1-b)z^{-b}e^z,$$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_1f1_11.svg]]

which is of course the well known Miller's method [link math_toolkit.hypergeometric.hypergeometric_refs (12)].

Unfortunately, stable forwards recursion on /b/ is stable only for /|b| << |z|/, as /|b|/ increases in magnitude it passes through a region
where recursion is unstable in both directions before eventually becoming stable in the backwards direction (at least for a while!).
This transition is moderated not by a change of sign in the recurrence coefficients themselves, but by a change in the behaviour of the ['values] of [sub 1]F[sub 1] -
from alternating in sign when ['|b|] is small to having the same sign when /b/ is larger.  During the actual transition, [sub 1]F[sub 1] will either
pass through a zero or a minima depending on whether b is even or odd (if there is a minima at [sub 1]F[sub 1](a, b, z) then there is necessarily a zero
at [sub 1]F[sub 1](a+1, b+1, z) as per the [@https://dlmf.nist.gov/13.3#E15 derivative of the function]).
As a result the behaviour of the recurrence relations
is almost impossible to reason about in this area, and we are left to using heuristic based approaches to "guess" which region we are in.

In this implementation we use recurrence relations as follows:

For /a,b,z > 0/ and large we can either:

* Make /0 < a < 1/ and /b > z/ and evaluate the defining series directly, or
* The gamma function approximation has decent convergence and accuracy for /2b - 1 < a < 2b < z/, so we can move /a/ and /b/ into this region, or
* We can recurse on /b/ alone so that /b-1 < a < b/ and use A&S 13.3.6 as long as /z/ is not too large.

For ['b < 0] and ['a] tiny we would normally use A&S 13.3.6, but when that is non-convergent for some inputs we can use the forward recurrence relation on ['b] to
calculate the ratio ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](a, -b, z)/[sub 1]F[sub 1](a, 1-b, z)] and then iterate forwards until ['b > 0] and compute a reference value
and normalize (Millers Method).
In the same domain when ['b] is near -1 we can use a single backwards recursion on /b/ to compute ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](a, -b, z)]
from ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](a, 2-b, z)] and ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](/a/, 1-/b/, /z/)] even though technically we are recursing in the unstable direction.

For ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](-N, b, z)] and integer /N/ then backwards recursion from ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](0, b, z)] and ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](-1, b, z)] works well.

For /a/ or /b/ < 0 and if all the direct methods have failed, then we use various fallbacks:

For ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](-a, b, z)] we can use backwards recursion on /a/ as long as ['b > z], otherwise a more complex scheme is required
which starts from ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](-a + N, b + M, z)], and recurses backwards in up to 3 stages: first on /a/, then on /a/ and /b/ together,
and finally on /b/ alone.

For /b < 0/ we have no good methods in some domains (see the unsolved issues above).
However in some circumstances we can either use:

* 3-stage backwards recursion on both /a/, /a/ and /b/ and then /b/ as above.
* Calculate the ratio ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](a, b, z) / ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](a-1, b-1, z)]] via backwards recurrence when z is small, and then normalize via the Wronskian above (Miller's method).
* Calculate the ratio ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](a, b, z) / ['[sub 1]F[sub 1](a+1, b+1, z)]] via forwards recurrence when z is large, and then normalize by iterating until b > 1 and comparing to a reference value.

The latter two methods use a lookup table to determine whether inputs are in either of the domains or neither.  Unfortunately the methods are basically
limited to double precision: calculation of the ratios require iteration ['towards] the no-mans-land between the two methods where iteration is unstable in
both directions.  As a result, only low-precision results which require few iterations to calculate the ratio are available.

If all else fails, then we use a checked series summation which will raise an __evaluation_error if more than half the digits
are destroyed by cancellation.

[endsect]  [/section:hyper_geometric_1f1 Hypergeometric [sub 1]/F/[sub 1]]

[section:hypergeometric_pfq Hypergeometric [sub p]F[sub q]]

   #include <boost/math/special_functions/hypergeometric_pFq.hpp>

   namespace boost { namespace math {

   template <class Seq, class Real>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_pFq(const Seq& aj, const Seq& bj, const Real& z, Real* p_abs_error, const Policy& pol);

   template <class Seq, class Real>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_pFq(const Seq& aj, const Seq& bj, const Real& z, Real* p_abs_error = 0);

   template <class R, class Real>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_pFq(const std::initializer_list<R>& aj, const std::initializer_list<R>& bj, const Real& z, Real* p_abs_error, const Policy& pol);

   template <class R, class Real>
   ``__sf_result`` hypergeometric_pFq(const std::initializer_list<R>& aj, const std::initializer_list<R>& bj, const Real& z, Real* p_abs_error = 0);

   template <class Seq, class Real, class Policy>
   Real hypergeometric_pFq_precision(const Seq& aj, const Seq& bj, Real z, unsigned digits10, double timeout, const Policy& pol);

   template <class Seq, class Real>
   Real hypergeometric_pFq_precision(const Seq& aj, const Seq& bj, const Real& z, unsigned digits10, double timeout = 0.5);

   template <class Real, class Policy>
   Real hypergeometric_pFq_precision(const std::initializer_list<Real>& aj, const std::initializer_list<Real>& bj, const Real& z, unsigned digits10, double timeout, const Policy& pol);

   template <class Real>
   Real hypergeometric_pFq_precision(const std::initializer_list<Real>& aj, const std::initializer_list<Real>& bj, const Real& z, unsigned digits10, double timeout = 0.5);

   }} // namespaces

[h4 Description]

The function `hypergeometric_pFq` returns the result of:

[:[/\Large  $$ {}_pF_q\left(\left\{a_1, \ldots, a_p\right\}, \left\{b_1, \ldots, b_q\right\}; z\right)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{\prod_{j=1}^{p}\left(a_j\right)_n}{\prod_{j=1}^{q}\left(b_{j}\right)_n} \frac{z^n}{n!} $$]
[$../equations/hypergeometric_pfq_1.svg]]

It is most naturally used via initializer lists as in:

   double h = hypergeometric_pFq({2,3,4}, {5,6,7,8}, z);  // Calculate 3F4

The optional ['p_abs_error] argument calculates an estimate of the absolute error in the result from the 
L1 norm of the sum, plus some other factors (see implementation below).

You should divide this value by the result to get an estimate of ['relative error].

It should be noted that the error estimates are rather crude - the error can be significantly underestimated 
in some circumstances, and over-estimated in others.

The `hypergeometric_pFq_precision` functions will calculate `pFq` to a specified number of decimal places, and if `timeout`
is reached then they raise an __evaluation_error.  Note that while these functions are defined as templates, they
require type `Real` to be a *variable-precision* floating-point type: in practice the only type currently supported
(as of July 2019) is `boost::multiprecision::mpfr_float`.  Typical usage would be:


   typedef boost::multiprecision::mpfr_float mp_type;
   //
   // Calculate 2F2 to 20 decimal places using a 10 second timeout:
   //
   mp_type result = boost::math::hypergeometric_pFq_precision(
     { mp_type(a1), mp_type(a2) }, { mp_type(b1), mp_type(b2) }, mp_type(z), 20, 10.0
     );
   //
   // Convert the result back to a double:
   //
   double d_result = static_cast<double>(result);

[h4 Implementation]

This function is implemented by direct summation of the series; summation normally starts with the zeroth term,
but will skip forward and sum outward (ie in both forward and backward directions) from some term /N/ when
required.  This is particularly important when some of the /b/ arguments are negative, as in this situation
the sum undergoes "false-convergence", and then diverges again as each b[sub j] passes the origin.  Consequently,
were you to plot the magnitude of the terms in the sum, you would see them pass through a series of
minima and maxima before finally converging to zero at infinity.  For some values of /p/ and /q/ we
can compute where the maxima occur, and therefore sum only the terms that will have an impact on the
result.  For other /p/ and /q/ values, predicting the exact locations of the maxima is not so easy, and we
simply restart summation at the point where each b[sub j] passes the origin: this will eventually reach
all the significant terms of the sum, but the key word may well be "eventually".

The error term /p_abs_error/ is normally simply the sum of the absolute values of each term multiplied
by machine epsilon for type `Real`.  However,
if it was necessary for the summation to skip forward, then /p_abs_error/ is adjusted to account for the
error inherent in calculating the N'th term via logarithms.

[endsect] [/section:pFq Hypergeometric [sub p]F[sub q]]

[section:hypergeometric_refs Hypergeometric References]

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[endsect] [/section:hypergeometric Hypergeometric Functions]

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