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Find point at which equation stops having roots (if it exists)

I am interested in the roots of this function: f[M_, b_] := 1 - (2 M Gamma[2, 0, (1/M + b M)/Sqrt[b]])/(1/M + b M) for fixed values of b. In particular I want ...
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Solve for $a$ as a function of $\beta$?

I am trying to solve this equation: $$\beta^{-a} \Gamma(a) \sin(a \pi) + e^\beta \beta^{2 a - 1} \Gamma(1 - a) \sin(a \pi) = 0$$ I tried the following: ...
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1answer
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Iterative way to find roots of confluent hypergeometric function

I am trying to find roots of confluent hypergeometric function and I wonder if I can choose the initial guess by the choice of $\beta$. ...
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Finding the roots of Hypergeometric1F1[]

I am trying to find the roots, λ, for this equation: Hypergeometric1F1[1/4 (2 -  λ /β), n + 1, β] for certain ...
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I'm trying to determine if the roots of a function are real. How would you do that? (In particular I'm interested in verifying that the roots of LegendreP[6, x] ...
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