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The hypergeometric function is a slight generalization of the power fucntion. We will see this by the Schwarz map of the hypergeometric equation focussing on the behavior of this map when the local exponent-differences are purely imaginary
The author is grateful to the MPIM in Bonn and the JSPS.
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Yoshida, M. (2007). From the Power Function to the Hypergeometric Function. In: Holzapfel, RP., Uludağ, A.M., Yoshida, M. (eds) Arithmetic and Geometry Around Hypergeometric Functions. Progress in Mathematics, vol 260. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8284-1_14
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