The Gamma Function - Emil Artin

The Gamma Function by Emil Artin is a concise monograph devoted to the gamma function. This edition is published in paperback format.

Key details

• Author: Emil Artin
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 48
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 24 April 2015
• ISBN: 9780486789781

Synopsis

Written to address what Artin saw as a gap in mathematical writing, this short study presents the gamma function without the sketchiness or unnecessary complication he felt was common elsewhere. In his preface, he argues that it can be approached as an elementary function, with its fundamental properties established through elementary methods of calculus.

The discussion ranges across functions, the Euler integrals and the Gauss formula, large values of x and the multiplication formula, the connection with sin x, and applications to definite integrals, alongside further related topics. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of mathematics, it sits within the science, mathematics and engineering field.

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