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The gamma function $\Gamma \colon \mathbb{C} \setminus \{0,-1,-2,\ldots\} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ is the function initially defined for $\mathrm{Re}(z)>0$ by the integral by the formula $$\Gamma(z)=\displaystyle\int_0^{\infty} \xi^{z-1}e^{-\xi} \mathrm{d}\xi.$$ The analytic continuation of $\Gamma$ leads to a meromorphic function with poles at the negative integers.

Properties

Gamma(z) as integral of a power of log(1/t) for Re(z) greater than 0
Gamma function written as a limit of a factorial, exponential, and a rising factorial
Gamma function written as infinite product
Gamma(1)=1
Gamma(z+1)=zGamma(z)
Gamma at positive integers
Relationship between Hurwitz zeta and gamma function
Gamma-Sine Relation
Bohr-Mollerup theorem
Gamma'(z)/Gamma(z)=-gamma-1/z+Sum z/(k(z+k))

Videos

What's the Gamma Function? (16 September 2008)
Gamma Function Of One-Half: Part 1 (10 August 2010)
Gamma Function Of One-Half: Part 2 (10 August 2010)
Gamma Integral Function - Introduction (5 December 2011)
gamma function - Part 1 (9 February 2012)
Gamma Function (playlist) (26 February 2012)
Gamma function (20 October 2012)
Beta Function, Gamma Function and their Properties (17 August 2013)
Thermodynamics 19 a : Gamma Function 1/2 (31 August 2013)
euler gamma function (14 September 2013)
The Gamma Function: intro (5) (13 February 2014)
The Gamma Function: why 0!=1 (5) (13 February 2014)
Mod-04 Lec-09 Analytic continuation and the gamma function (Part I) (3 June 2014)
Gamma function at 1/2 (3 January 2015)
Contour Integral Definition of the Gamma Function (18 January 2015)

External links

The sine product formula and the gamma function
Leonhard Euler's Integral: A Historical Profile of the Gamma Function

See Also

Loggamma
Polygamma
Reciprocal gamma

References

• 1895: Johann Heinrich Graf: Einleitung in die Theorie der Gammafunktion und der Euler'schen Integrale ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 3 (15_a)$
• 1920: Edmund Taylor Whittaker and George Neville Watson: A course of modern analysis ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 12 \cdot 1$
• 1953: Arthur Erdélyi, Wilhelm Magnus, Fritz Oberhettinger and Francesco G. Tricomi: Higher Transcendental Functions Volume I ... (next): $\S 1.1 (1)$
• 1956: Ian N. Sneddon: Special Functions of Mathematical Physics and Chemistry ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 5 (5.1)$
• 1960: Earl David Rainville: Special Functions ... (previous) ... (next): $15.(1)$
• 1964: Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun: Handbook of mathematical functions ... (previous) ... (next): $6.1.1$
• 1968: W.W. Bell: Special Functions for Scientists and Engineers ... (previous) ... (next): $(2.1)$
• 1969: Yudell L. Luke: The Special Functions And Their Approximations, Volume I ... (previous) ... (next) $2.1 (1)$
• 2010: Roelof Koekoek, Peter A. Lesky and René F. Swarttouw: Hypergeometric Orthogonal Polynomials and Their q-Analogues ... (previous) ... (next): $(1.2.1)$