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Properties of the Extended Whittaker Function 　　Abstract： In this article， we define an extended form of the Whittaker function by using extended confluent hypergeometric function of thefirst kind and study several of its properties. We also define the extended confluent hypergeometric function of the second kind and show that this function occurs naturally in statistical distribution theory. 　　Key words： Beta function； Extended beta function； Extended confluent hypergeometric function； Extended gamma function； Extended Gauss hypergeometric function； Gamma distribution； Gauss hypergeometric function 　　Nagar， D. K.， Mor′an-V′asquez， R. A.， Gupta， A. K. （2013）. Properties of the Extended Whittaker Function. Progress in Applied Mathematics， 6（2）， 70?80. Available from http：///index.php/pam/article/view/j.pam.1925252820130602.2807 　　DOI： 10.3968/j.pam.1925252820130602.2807 　　 1. INTRODUCTION 　　The classical beta function， denoted by B（a，b）， is defined （see Luke [8]） by the Euler’s integral 　　In 2004， Chaudhry et al. [3] gave definitions of the extended Gauss hypergeometric function and the extended confluent hypergeometric function of thefirst kind， denoted by Fσ（a，b；c；z） andΦσ（b；c；z）， respectively. These definitions were developed by considering the extended beta function （7） instead of beta function（1） that appears in the general term of the series （4） and （5）. They suggested 　　In this article， we define the extended form of the Whittaker function and derive several results pertaining to it. We also define the extended confluent hypergeometric function of the second kind. 　　In Section 2， several known properties of the extended beta， extended Gauss hypergeometric and extended confluent hypergeometric functions have been given. The extended Whittaker function and its properties are given in Section 3. Finally， in Section 4， the extended confluent hypergeometric function of the second kind is defined and an application of this function to statistical distr