special function

functions which have established names and notations due to their importance in mathematics
Thing general Q867707
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

special function

Summary

special function ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • special function's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85052348[2].
  • special function's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12101002j[3].
  • special function's subclass of is recorded as function[4].
  • special function's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00573216[5].
  • special function's Commons category is recorded as Special functions[6].
  • special function's opposite of is recorded as elementary function[7].
  • special function's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 33533[8].
  • special function's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0764t[9].
  • special function's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph125892[10].
  • special function's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Special functions[11].
  • special function's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 515.5[12].
  • special function's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[13].
  • special function's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000112096[14].
  • special function's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/special-function[15].
  • special function's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/special-functions[16].
  • special function's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/special-functions[17].
  • special function's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/tags/special-functions[18].
  • special function's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/special-functions[19].
  • special function's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://scicomp.stackexchange.com/tags/special-functions[20].
  • special function's has list is recorded as list of mathematical functions[21].
  • special function's MathWorld ID is recorded as SpecialFunction[22].
  • special function's Mathematics Subject Classification ID is recorded as 33-XX[23].
  • special function's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as special-functions[24].
  • special function's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[25].
  • special function's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 50757856[26].

Why It Matters

special function ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). special function. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-function
MLA “special function.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-function.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_special-function_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{special function}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-function}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): special function — https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-function (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/special-function · Last refreshed: