Carlson Symmetric Form - Negative Arguments

Negative Arguments

In general, the arguments x, y, z of Carlson's integrals may not be real and negative, as this would place a branch point on the path of integration, making the integral ambiguous. However, if the second argument of, or the fourth argument, p, of is negative, then this results in a simple pole on the path of integration. In these cases the Cauchy principal value (finite part) of the integrals may be of interest; these are

and

\begin{align}\mathrm{p.v.}\; R_{J}(x,y,z,-p) & = \frac{(q - y) R_{J}(x,y,z,q) - 3 R_{F}(x,y,z) + 3 \sqrt{y} R_{C}(x z,- p q)}{y + p} \\ & = \frac{(q - y) R_{J}(x,y,z,q) - 3 R_{F}(x,y,z) + 3 \sqrt{\frac{x y z}{x z + p q}} R_{C}(x z + p q,p q)}{y + p} \end{align}

where

which must be greater than zero for to be evaluated. This may be arranged by permuting x, y and z so that the value of y is between that of x and z.

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