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pochhammer: Pochhammer Symbol

Description

Computes the Pochhammer symbol.

Usage

pochhammer(x, n)

Value

Numeric value. The value of the Pochhammer symbol.

Arguments

x

numeric.

n

positive integer.

Author

Pierre Santagostini, Nizar Bouhlel

Details

The Pochhammer symbol is given by: $$ \displaystyle{ (x)_n = \frac{\Gamma(x+n)}{\Gamma(x)} = x (x+1) ... (x+n-1) } $$

See Also

lnpochhammer, kummer

Examples

Run this code
pochhammer(2, 0)
pochhammer(2, 1)
pochhammer(2, 3)

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