Abstract
... The Pochhammer symbol (x)n is defined by (x)0=1 and (x)n = x(x=1)...(x+n-1). The
radius of convergence of (1) is 1 unless a or b is a non-positive integer, in which cases we have
a polynomial. ... (Notes from an MRI course given in 1993. Note: MRI stands for MATHEMATICAL RESEARCH
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