pochhammer: Pochhammer Symbol

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Pochhammer Symbol

Description

Computes the Pochhammer symbol.

Usage

pochhammer(x, n)

Arguments

x	numeric.
n	positive integer.

Details

The Pochhammer symbol is given by:

\displaystyle{ (x)_n = \frac{\Gamma(x+n)}{\Gamma(x)} = x (x+1) ... (x+n-1) }

Value

Numeric value. The value of the Pochhammer symbol.

Author(s)

Pierre Santagostini, Nizar Bouhlel

See Also

lauricella

Examples

pochhammer(2, 0)
pochhammer(2, 1)
pochhammer(2, 3)

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