Difference between revisions of "Gamma function written as infinite product"
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| − | * {{BookReference|A course of modern analysis|1920|Edmund Taylor Whittaker|author2=George Neville Watson|prev=Reciprocal gamma written as an infinite product|next=findme}}: $\S 12 \cdot 11$ | + | * {{BookReference|A course of modern analysis|1920|Edmund Taylor Whittaker|author2=George Neville Watson|edpage=Third edition|prev=Reciprocal gamma written as an infinite product|next=findme}}: $\S 12 \cdot 11$ |
* {{BookReference|Higher Transcendental Functions Volume I|1953|Harry Bateman|prev=Gamma function written as a limit of a factorial, exponential, and a rising factorial|next=Reciprocal gamma written as an infinite product}}: §1.1 (2) | * {{BookReference|Higher Transcendental Functions Volume I|1953|Harry Bateman|prev=Gamma function written as a limit of a factorial, exponential, and a rising factorial|next=Reciprocal gamma written as an infinite product}}: §1.1 (2) | ||
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[[Category:Unproven]] | [[Category:Unproven]] | ||
Revision as of 03:07, 12 June 2016
Theorem
The following formula holds: $$\Gamma(z) = \dfrac{1}{z} \displaystyle\prod_{k=1}^{\infty} \dfrac{(1+\frac{1}{k})^z}{1+\frac{z}{n}},$$ where $\Gamma$ denotes the gamma function.
Proof
References
- 1920: Edmund Taylor Whittaker and George Neville Watson: A course of modern analysis ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 12 \cdot 11$
- 1953: Harry Bateman: Higher Transcendental Functions Volume I ... (previous) ... (next): §1.1 (2)
