Turán type inequalities for hypergeometric functions

Baricz, Árpád

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09353-2

Turán type inequalities for hypergeometric functions
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by Árpád Baricz

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 3223-3229

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09353-2

Published electronically: April 29, 2008

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Abstract:

In this note our aim is to establish a Turán type inequality for Gaussian hypergeometric functions. This result completes the earlier result that G. Gasper proved for Jacobi polynomials. Moreover, at the end of this note we present some open problems.

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