orthopolynom (version 1.0-5)

lpochhammer: Calculate the logarithm of Pochhammer's symbol

Description

lpochhammer returns the value of the natural logarithm of Pochhammer's symbol calculated as

$$\ln \left[ {\left( z \right)_n } \right] = \ln \Gamma \left( {z + n} \right) - \ln \Gamma \left( z \right)$$

where \( \Gamma \left( z \right) \) is the Gamma function

Usage

lpochhammer(z, n)

Arguments

z

argument of the symbol

n

integer number of terms in the symbol

Value

The value of the logarithm of the symbol

See Also

pochhammer

Examples

# NOT RUN {
lpochhammer( pi, 5 )
# }