Physical sectors of the confluent hypergeometric functions space

Abstract

A relaxed factorization is used to obtain many of the properties obeyed by the confluent hypergeometric functions. Their implications on the analytical solutions of some interesting physical problems are also studied. It is quite remarkable that, although these properties appear frequently in solving the Schroedinger equation, it has been not clear the role they play in describing the physical systems. The main objective of this communication is precisely to throw some light on the subject.