Difference between revisions of "Reciprocal gamma written as an infinite product"
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− | * {{BookReference|A course of modern analysis|1920|Edmund Taylor Whittaker|author2=George Neville Watson|prev=Euler-Mascheroni constant|next=Gamma function written as infinite product}}: | + | * {{BookReference|A course of modern analysis|1920|Edmund Taylor Whittaker|author2=George Neville Watson|prev=Euler-Mascheroni constant|next=Gamma function written as infinite product}}: $\S 12 \cdot 1$ |
* {{BookReference|Higher Transcendental Functions Volume I|1953|Harry Bateman|prev=Gamma function written as infinite product|next=Euler-Mascheroni constant}}: §1.1 (3) | * {{BookReference|Higher Transcendental Functions Volume I|1953|Harry Bateman|prev=Gamma function written as infinite product|next=Euler-Mascheroni constant}}: §1.1 (3) | ||
* {{BookReference|Handbook of mathematical functions|1964|Milton Abramowitz|author2=Irene A. Stegun|prev=Gauss' formula for gamma function|next=Euler-Mascheroni constant}}: 6.1.3 | * {{BookReference|Handbook of mathematical functions|1964|Milton Abramowitz|author2=Irene A. Stegun|prev=Gauss' formula for gamma function|next=Euler-Mascheroni constant}}: 6.1.3 |
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Theorem
The following formula holds for all $z \in \mathbb{C}$: $$\dfrac{1}{\Gamma(z)} = ze^{\gamma z} \displaystyle\prod_{k=1}^{\infty} \left( 1 + \dfrac{z}{k}\right)e^{-\frac{z}{k}},$$ where $\dfrac{1}{\Gamma}$ is the reciprocal gamma function, and $\gamma$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant.
Proof
References
- 1920: Edmund Taylor Whittaker and George Neville Watson: A course of modern analysis ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 12 \cdot 1$
- 1953: Harry Bateman: Higher Transcendental Functions Volume I ... (previous) ... (next): §1.1 (3)
- 1964: Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun: Handbook of mathematical functions ... (previous) ... (next): 6.1.3