# Fox H-function

In mathematics, the Fox H-function H(x) is a generalization of the Meijer G-function introduced by Charles Fox (1961). It is defined by a Mellin–Barnes integral

$H_{p,q}^{\,m,n} \!\left[ z \left| \begin{matrix} ( a_1 , A_1 ) & ( a_2 , A_2 ) & \ldots & ( a_p , A_p ) \\ ( b_1 , B_1 ) & ( b_2 , B_2 ) & \ldots & ( b_q , B_q ) \end{matrix} \right. \right] = \frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_L \frac {(\prod_{j=1}^m\Gamma(b_j+B_js))(\prod_{j=1}^n\Gamma(1-a_j-A_js))} {(\prod_{j=m+1}^q\Gamma(1-b_j-B_js))(\prod_{j=n+1}^p\Gamma(a_j+A_js))} z^{-s} \, ds$

where L is a certain contour separating the poles of the two factors in the numerator. Another generalization of Fox H-function is given by Innayat Hussain AA (1987). For a further generalization of this function, useful in Physics and Statistics, see Rathie (1997).

The special case for which the Fox H-function reduces to the Meijer G-function is Aj = Bk = C, C > 0 for j = 1...p and k = 1...q (Srivastava 1984, p. 50):

$H_{p,q}^{\,m,n} \!\left[ z \left| \begin{matrix} ( a_1 , C ) & ( a_2 , C ) & \ldots & ( a_p , C ) \\ ( b_1 , C ) & ( b_2 , C ) & \ldots & ( b_q , C ) \end{matrix} \right. \right] = \frac{1}{C} G_{p,q}^{\,m,n} \!\left( \left. \begin{matrix} a_1, \dots, a_p \\ b_1, \dots, b_q \end{matrix} \; \right| \, z^{1/C} \right).$

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