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Re: What is QGamma[q,z]

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• Subject: [mg95531] Re: [mg95503] What is QGamma[q,z]
• From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
• Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:43:33 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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MathWorld to the rescue!

   http://mathworld.wolfram.com/q-GammaFunction.html


Ted Ersek wrote:
> Q function are new in Mathematica 7.
> What applications are there for these things?
> Also I can't understand the definition of these things because the 
> Mathematica documentation uses notation I never herd of.
> Could sombody explain the definition of  QGamma[q,z]  in terms of 
> functions I am likely to know about.
> 
> Thanks,
>     Ted Ersek
> 
> 

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    • From: "Ted Ersek" <ersekt@md.metrocast.net>