Weisner's method
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In mathematics, Weisner's method is a method for finding generating function
s for special functions using representation theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, introduced by . It includes Truesdall's method as a special case, and is essentially the same as Rainville's method.
Generating function
In mathematics, a generating function is a formal power series in one indeterminate, whose coefficients encode information about a sequence of numbers an that is indexed by the natural numbers. Generating functions were first introduced by Abraham de Moivre in 1730, in order to solve the general...
s for special functions using representation theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, introduced by . It includes Truesdall's method as a special case, and is essentially the same as Rainville's method.