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Calvin Culus · 2010-11-24, 14:58

It would be much more elegant to define gamma(z) = z!, but mathematicians prefer gamma(z) = (z-1)! and clutter a really beautiful improper integral with an awkwardly placed minus one.

Why?

2010-11-24, 14:58	#1
Calvin Culus Sep 2010 3³ Posts	Gamma function It would be much more elegant to define gamma(z) = z!, but mathematicians prefer gamma(z) = (z-1)! and clutter a really beautiful improper integral with an awkwardly placed minus one. Why?