阿佩爾函數 是法國數學家（Paul Apell)在1880年為推廣高斯超幾何函數 而創建的一組雙變數函數，定義如下
阿佩爾函數——F1
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{\displaystyle F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)=\sum _{m,n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {(a)_{m+n}(b_{1})_{m}(b_{2})_{n}}{(c)_{m+n}\,m!\,n!}}\,x^{m}y^{n}~,}
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{\displaystyle F_{2}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c_{1},c_{2};x,y)=\sum _{m,n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {(a)_{m+n}(b_{1})_{m}(b_{2})_{n}}{(c_{1})_{m}(c_{2})_{n}\,m!\,n!}}\,x^{m}y^{n}~,}
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{\displaystyle F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)=\sum _{m,n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {(a_{1})_{m}(a_{2})_{n}(b_{1})_{m}(b_{2})_{n}}{(c)_{m+n}\,m!\,n!}}\,x^{m}y^{n}~,}
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{\displaystyle F_{4}(a,b,c_{1},c_{2};x,y)=\sum _{m,n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {(a)_{m+n}(b)_{m+n}}{(c_{1})_{m}(c_{2})_{n}\,m!\,n!}}\,x^{m}y^{n}~.}
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階乘冪
阿佩爾函數是嫪麗切拉函數 和Kampé_de_Fériet函數 的特例。
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{\displaystyle (a-b_{1}-b_{2})F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)-a\,F_{1}(a+1,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)+b_{1}F_{1}(a,b_{1}+1,b_{2},c;x,y)+b_{2}F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2}+1,c;x,y)=0~,}
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{\displaystyle c\,F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)-(c-a)F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c+1;x,y)-a\,F_{1}(a+1,b_{1},b_{2},c+1;x,y)=0~,}
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{\displaystyle c\,F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)+c(x-1)F_{1}(a,b_{1}+1,b_{2},c;x,y)-(c-a)x\,F_{1}(a,b_{1}+1,b_{2},c+1;x,y)=0~,}
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{\displaystyle c\,F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)+c(y-1)F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2}+1,c;x,y)-(c-a)y\,F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2}+1,c+1;x,y)=0~.}
其它式子[1]
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{\displaystyle c\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)+(a_{1}+a_{2}-c)F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c+1;x,y)-a_{1}F_{3}(a_{1}+1,a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c+1;x,y)-a_{2}F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2}+1,b_{1},b_{2},c+1;x,y)=0~,}
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{\displaystyle c\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)-c\,F_{3}(a_{1}+1,a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)+b_{1}x\,F_{3}(a_{1}+1,a_{2},b_{1}+1,b_{2},c+1;x,y)=0~,}
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{\displaystyle c\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)-c\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2}+1,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)+b_{2}y\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2}+1,b_{1},b_{2}+1,c+1;x,y)=0~,}
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{\displaystyle c\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)-c\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1}+1,b_{2},c;x,y)+a_{1}x\,F_{3}(a_{1}+1,a_{2},b_{1}+1,b_{2},c+1;x,y)=0~,}
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{\displaystyle c\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)-c\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2}+1,c;x,y)+a_{2}y\,F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2}+1,b_{1},b_{2}+1,c+1;x,y)=0~.}
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{\displaystyle {\frac {\partial }{\partial x}}F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)={\frac {ab_{1}}{c}}F_{1}(a+1,b_{1}+1,b_{2},c+1;x,y)~,}
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{\displaystyle {\frac {\partial }{\partial y}}F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)={\frac {ab_{2}}{c}}F_{1}(a+1,b_{1},b_{2}+1,c+1;x,y)~.}
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{\displaystyle \left(x(1-x){\frac {\partial ^{2}}{\partial x^{2}}}+y(1-x){\frac {\partial ^{2}}{\partial x\partial y}}+[c-(a+b_{1}+1)x]{\frac {\partial }{\partial x}}-b_{1}y{\frac {\partial }{\partial y}}-ab_{1}\right)F_{1}(x,y)=0~,}
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{\displaystyle {\frac {\partial }{\partial x}}F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)={\frac {a_{1}b_{1}}{c}}F_{3}(a_{1}+1,a_{2},b_{1}+1,b_{2},c+1;x,y)~,}
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{\displaystyle {\frac {\partial }{\partial y}}F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2},b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)={\frac {a_{2}b_{2}}{c}}F_{3}(a_{1},a_{2}+1,b_{1},b_{2}+1,c+1;x,y)~.}
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{\displaystyle F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2},c;x,y)={\frac {\Gamma (c)}{\Gamma (a)\Gamma (c-a)}}\int _{0}^{1}t^{a-1}(1-t)^{c-a-1}(1-xt)^{-b_{1}}(1-yt)^{-b_{2}}\,\mathrm {d} t,\quad \Re \,c>\Re \,a>0~.}
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{\displaystyle F(\phi ,k)=\int _{0}^{\phi }{\frac {\mathrm {d} \theta }{\sqrt {1-k^{2}\sin ^{2}\theta }}}=\sin \phi \,F_{1}({\tfrac {1}{2}},{\tfrac {1}{2}},{\tfrac {1}{2}},{\tfrac {3}{2}};\sin ^{2}\phi ,k^{2}\sin ^{2}\phi ),\quad |\Re \,\phi |<{\frac {\pi }{2}}~,}
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{\displaystyle E(\phi ,k)=\int _{0}^{\phi }{\sqrt {1-k^{2}\sin ^{2}\theta }}\,\mathrm {d} \theta =\sin \phi \,F_{1}({\tfrac {1}{2}},{\tfrac {1}{2}},-{\tfrac {1}{2}},{\tfrac {3}{2}};\sin ^{2}\phi ,k^{2}\sin ^{2}\phi ),\quad |\Re \,\phi |<{\frac {\pi }{2}}~,}
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{\displaystyle \Pi (n,k)=\int _{0}^{\pi /2}{\frac {\mathrm {d} \theta }{(1-n\sin ^{2}\theta ){\sqrt {1-k^{2}\sin ^{2}\theta }}}}={\frac {\pi }{2}}\,F_{1}({\tfrac {1}{2}},1,{\tfrac {1}{2}},1;n,k^{2})~.}
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{\displaystyle (y-x)F_{1}(a,b_{1}+1,b_{2}+1,c,x,y)=y\,F_{1}(a,b_{1},b_{2}+1,c,x,y)-x\,F_{1}(a,b_{1}+1,b_{2},c,x,y)}
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