Transformations of some Gauss hypergeometric functions

This paper presents explicit algebraic transformations of some Gauss hypergeometric functions. Specifically, the transformations considered apply to hypergeometric solutions of hypergeometric differential equations with the local exponent differences 1/k, 1/l, 1/m such that k, l, m are positive integers and 1/k + 1/l + 1/m < 1. All algebraic transformations of these Gauss hypergeometric functions are considered. We show that apart from classical transformations of degree 2, 3, 4, 6 there are several other transformations of degree 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 18, 24. Besides, we present an algorithm to compute relevant Belyi functions explicitly. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.