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Introduction to the Function

Douglas B. Meade

meade@math.sc.edu

21 October 1998

The Gamma function is defined, for all with , by . In Maple, the function is named GAMMA .

> restart;

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> GAMMA(x);

> GAMMA(3);

> GAMMA(1/2);

> GAMMA(3/2);

> GAMMA(x+2)/GAMMA(x);

> simplify( % );

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> plot( GAMMA(x), x=0..5, title="Gamma Function" );

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