Re: What is the limit of x Gamma[n,x] for x->Infinity?
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- Subject: [mg43994] Re: What is the limit of x Gamma[n,x] for x->Infinity?
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 04:17:17 -0400 (EDT)
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In article <bmj2qp$prv$1 at smc.vnet.net>, xavier.brusset at free.fr (Xavier)
wrote:
> If Gamma[n,x] is the incomplete Gamma function, what is the limit of
> that function times x when x tends to infinity?
Compute the asymptotic series of Gamma[n, x],
Series[Gamma[n, x], {x, Infinity, 2}]
and then multiply by x.
x Normal[%]
Cheers,
Paul
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