gamma function

extension of the factorial function, with its argument shifted down by 1, to real and complex numbers
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gamma function

Summary

gamma function is a meromorphic function[1]. It draws 3,001 Wikipedia views per month (meromorphic_function category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • gamma function is credited with the discovery of Leonhard Euler[3].
  • gamma function's video is recorded as Gamma property.gif[4].
  • gamma function's image is recorded as Gamma plot.svg[5].
  • gamma function's image is recorded as Complex gamma.jpg[6].
  • gamma function's image is recorded as ComplexGamma3Dlog.PNG[7].
  • gamma function's instance of is recorded as meromorphic function[8].
  • gamma function's instance of is recorded as special function[9].
  • gamma function's GND ID is recorded as 4289118-8[10].
  • gamma function's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00562231[11].
  • gamma function's Commons category is recorded as Gamma and related functions[12].
  • gamma function's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037dm[13].
  • gamma function's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gamma and related functions[14].
  • gamma function's PSH ID is recorded as 7533[15].
  • gamma function's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • gamma function's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics[17].
  • gamma function's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • gamma function's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • gamma function's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/gamma-function[20].
  • gamma function's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/gamma-function[21].
  • gamma function's different from is recorded as factorial[22].
  • gamma function's defining formula is recorded as \operatorname{\Gamma}\left(z\right) = \int\limits_{0}^{\infty} t^{z-1} \mathrm{e}^{-t} \, \mathrm{d}t[23].
  • gamma function's MathWorld ID is recorded as GammaFunction[24].
  • gamma function's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as fonction-gamma[25].
  • gamma function's Quora topic ID is recorded as Gamma-Function[26].
  • gamma function's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as gamma-function[27].

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Works and Contributions

gamma function is credited with the discovery of Leonhard Euler[3].

Why It Matters

gamma function draws 3,001 Wikipedia views per month (meromorphic_function category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [3] . scholarlycommons.pacific.edu. scholarlycommons.pacific.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ISO 80000-2:2019 Quantities and units — Part 2: Mathematics. dlmf.nist.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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