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The term confluent refers to the singular points of the differential equation, on the Riemann sphere. Where the usual hypergeometric equation has three singular points (in general position), confluence implies cases of degeneration by singularities being brought together by a limiting process.
edit: Ovo su, jelte, rešenja konfluentne HJ pa je pomenuta jednačina po njihovom svojstvu i dobila ime.