pochhammer {orthopolynom}R Documentation

Calculate the value of Pochhammer's symbol

Description

pochhammer returns the value of Pochhammer's symbol calculated as

( z )_n = z;( {z + 1} ); ... ;( {z + n - 1} ) = frac{{Γ ( {z + n} )}}{{Γ ( z )}}

where Γ ( z ) is the Gamma function

Usage

pochhammer(z, n)

Arguments

z argument of the symbol
n integer number of terms in the symbol

Value

The value of Pochhammer's symbol

Author(s)

Frederick Novomestky fnovomes@poly.edu)

Examples

pochhammer( 1, 5 )

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