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Re: Euler's Gamma and Beta Functions

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  • Subject: [mg41419] Re: Euler's Gamma and Beta Functions
  • From: "Steven Shippee" <slshippee at attbi.com>
  • Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 05:05:05 -0400 (EDT)
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EulerGamma is Euler's constant and is equal to approximately 0.577216 based
upon N[EulerGamma, 10].
According to the help files it uses the Brent-McMillan algorithm and has
applications in integration and asymptotic expansions.

Thanks in advance,
Steven Shippee
mailto:shippee at jcs.mil
(360)-902-5817



"RazroRog" <RazroRog at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b9tcm8$7ng$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Hello friends,
>
> Please forgive me - I know I will be asking questions that to you will
> appear stupid. I do applogize for that. I'm working through Mr. Wolfram's
> book - page by page. I love this Mathematica program and the book is very
> well designed. I am just trying to learn.
>
> I need to know about Euler's Gamma and Beta functions. I understand the
> attempt to generalize the factorial and how the Beta function arose but
> could you show me a few examples from physics and/or engineering how these
> functions are useful? I need to get a feel for them.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Raz
>
>
>



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