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* {{BookReference|Higher Transcendental Functions Volume I|1953|Arthur Erdélyi|author2=Wilhelm Magnus|author3=Fritz Oberhettinger|author4=Francesco G. Tricomi|prev=Pochhammer|next=findme}}: $4.1 (2)$
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:25, 3 March 2018

Theorem

The following formula holds: $$(a)_n = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 1, & \quad n=0 \\ a(a+1)\ldots(a+n-1), & \quad n=1,2,3,\ldots, \end{array} \right.$$ where $(a)_n$ denotes the Pochhammer symbol.

Proof

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