Definition:Gamma Function/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Gamma Function
The symbol $\map \Gamma z$ for the gamma function was introduced by Adrien-Marie Legendre.
Sources
- 1959: Philip J. Davis: Leonhard Euler's Integral: A Historical Profile of the Gamma Function: In Memoriam: Milton Abramowitz (Amer. Math. Monthly Vol. 66: pp. 849 – 869) www.jstor.org/stable/2309786
- 1984: Jacques Dutka: The Early History of the Hypergeometric Function (Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. pp. 15 – 34) www.jstor.org/stable/41133728
- 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.2.5$: Permutations and Factorials: $(14)$