Polynomial series expansions for confluent and Gaussian hypergeometric functions

Based on the Hadamard product of power series, polynomial series expansions for confluent hypergeometric functions M(a, c; ·) and for Gaussian hypergeometric functions F(a, b; c; ·) are introduced and studied. It turns out that the partial sums provide an interesting alternative for the numerical evaluation of the functions M(a, c; ·) and F(a, b; c; ·), in particular, if the parameters are also viewed as variables. © 2005 American Mathematical Society.