pochhammer {orthopolynom}

Calculate the value of Pochhammer's symbol

Description

pochhammer returns the value of Pochhammer's symbol calculated as

\left( z \right)_n = z\;\left( {z + 1} \right)\; \ldots \;\left( {z + n - 1} \right) = \frac{{\Gamma \left( {z + n} \right)}}{{\Gamma \left( z \right)}}

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

Usage

pochhammer(z, n)

Arguments

z

numeric value for the argument of the symbol

n

integer value for the number of terms in the symbol

Value

The value of Pochhammer's symbol

Author(s)

Frederick Novomestky [e-mail]

Examples

###
### compute the Pochhamer's symbol fo z equal to 1 and
### n equal to 5
###
pochhammer( 1, 5 )