lpochhammer {orthopolynom}R Documentation

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

Author(s)

Frederick Novomestky fnovomes@poly.edu

See Also

pochhammer

Examples

lpochhammer( pi, 5 )

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