Function in q-analog theory
In q-analog theory, the
q
{\displaystyle q}
basic gamma function , is a generalization of the ordinary gamma function closely related to the double gamma function . It was introduced by Jackson (1905) . It is given by
Γ
q
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x
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=
(
1
−
q
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1
−
x
∏
n
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0
∞
1
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q
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1
1
−
q
n
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x
=
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1
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1
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x
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q
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∞
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∞
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{q}(x)=(1-q)^{1-x}\prod _{n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {1-q^{n+1}}{1-q^{n+x}}}=(1-q)^{1-x}\,{\frac {(q;q)_{\infty }}{(q^{x};q)_{\infty }}}}
|
q
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<
1
{\displaystyle |q|<1}
Γ
q
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x
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=
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q
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1
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q
−
1
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∞
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q
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x
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q
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1
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∞
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q
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1
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1
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q
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x
2
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{\displaystyle \Gamma _{q}(x)={\frac {(q^{-1};q^{-1})_{\infty }}{(q^{-x};q^{-1})_{\infty }}}(q-1)^{1-x}q^{\binom {x}{2}}}
|
q
|
>
1
{\displaystyle |q|>1}
(
⋅
;
⋅
)
∞
{\displaystyle (\cdot ;\cdot )_{\infty }}
q
{\displaystyle q}
q
{\displaystyle q}
Γ
q
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1
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q
Γ
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q
Γ
q
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x
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{\displaystyle \Gamma _{q}(x+1)={\frac {1-q^{x}}{1-q}}\Gamma _{q}(x)=[x]_{q}\Gamma _{q}(x)}
q
{\displaystyle q}
Bohr–Mollerup theorem , which was found by Richard Askey (Askey (1978) ).
For non-negative integers
n
{\displaystyle n}
Γ
q
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n
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=
[
n
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1
]
q
!
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{q}(n)=[n-1]_{q}!}
[
⋅
]
q
{\displaystyle [\cdot ]_{q}}
q
{\displaystyle q}
q
{\displaystyle q}
q
{\displaystyle q}
The relation to the ordinary gamma function is made explicit in the limit
lim
q
→
1
±
Γ
q
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x
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=
Γ
(
x
)
.
{\displaystyle \lim _{q\to 1\pm }\Gamma _{q}(x)=\Gamma (x).}
Andrews (1986 )).
The
q
{\displaystyle q}
Gasper & Rahman (2004) ):
Γ
q
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n
x
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Γ
r
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1
/
n
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Γ
r
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2
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n
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⋯
Γ
r
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n
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1
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1
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q
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n
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Γ
r
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Γ
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n
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⋯
Γ
r
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n
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r
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q
n
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{\displaystyle \Gamma _{q}(nx)\Gamma _{r}(1/n)\Gamma _{r}(2/n)\cdots \Gamma _{r}((n-1)/n)=\left({\frac {1-q^{n}}{1-q}}\right)^{nx-1}\Gamma _{r}(x)\Gamma _{r}(x+1/n)\cdots \Gamma _{r}(x+(n-1)/n),\ r=q^{n}.}
Integral representation [ edit ] The
q
{\displaystyle q}
Ismail (1981 )):
1
Γ
q
(
z
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=
sin
(
π
z
)
π
∫
0
∞
t
−
z
d
t
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−
t
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1
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q
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q
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∞
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{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{\Gamma _{q}(z)}}={\frac {\sin(\pi z)}{\pi }}\int _{0}^{\infty }{\frac {t^{-z}\mathrm {d} t}{(-t(1-q);q)_{\infty }}}.}
Moak obtained the following q-analogue of the Stirling formula (see Moak (1984) ):
log
Γ
q
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x
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∼
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log
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q
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L
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log
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C
q
^
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2
H
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q
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1
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log
q
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∑
k
=
1
∞
B
2
k
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2
k
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!
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log
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q
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x
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1
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2
k
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q
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x
p
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k
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3
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q
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x
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x
→
∞
,
{\displaystyle \log \Gamma _{q}(x)\sim (x-1/2)\log[x]_{q}+{\frac {\mathrm {Li} _{2}(1-q^{x})}{\log q}}+C_{\hat {q}}+{\frac {1}{2}}H(q-1)\log q+\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }{\frac {B_{2k}}{(2k)!}}\left({\frac {\log {\hat {q}}}{{\hat {q}}^{x}-1}}\right)^{2k-1}{\hat {q}}^{x}p_{2k-3}({\hat {q}}^{x}),\ x\to \infty ,}
q
^
=
{
q
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f
0
<
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1
1
/
q
i
f
q
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1
}
,
{\displaystyle {\hat {q}}=\left\{{\begin{aligned}q\quad \mathrm {if} \ &0<q\leq 1\\1/q\quad \mathrm {if} \ &q\geq 1\end{aligned}}\right\},}
C
q
=
1
2
log
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2
π
)
+
1
2
log
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q
−
1
log
q
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−
1
24
log
q
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log
∑
m
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−
∞
∞
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r
m
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6
m
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1
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r
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3
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{\displaystyle C_{q}={\frac {1}{2}}\log(2\pi )+{\frac {1}{2}}\log \left({\frac {q-1}{\log q}}\right)-{\frac {1}{24}}\log q+\log \sum _{m=-\infty }^{\infty }\left(r^{m(6m+1)}-r^{(3m+1)(2m+1)}\right),}
r
=
exp
(
4
π
2
/
log
q
)
{\displaystyle r=\exp(4\pi ^{2}/\log q)}
H
{\displaystyle H}
Heaviside step function ,
B
k
{\displaystyle B_{k}}
Bernoulli number ,
L
i
2
(
z
)
{\displaystyle \mathrm {Li} _{2}(z)}
p
k
{\displaystyle p_{k}}
k
{\displaystyle k}
p
k
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k
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2
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⋯
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{\displaystyle p_{k}(z)=z(1-z)p'_{k-1}(z)+(kz+1)p_{k-1}(z),p_{0}=p_{-1}=1,k=1,2,\cdots .}
Due to I. Mező, the q-analogue of the Raabe formula exists, at least if we use the
q
{\displaystyle q}
|
q
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>
1
{\displaystyle |q|>1}
∫
0
1
log
Γ
q
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d
x
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ζ
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2
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log
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log
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log
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∞
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{\displaystyle \int _{0}^{1}\log \Gamma _{q}(x)dx={\frac {\zeta (2)}{\log q}}+\log {\sqrt {\frac {q-1}{\sqrt[{6}]{q}}}}+\log(q^{-1};q^{-1})_{\infty }\quad (q>1).}
0
<
q
<
1
{\displaystyle 0<q<1}
∫
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1
log
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log
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log
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log
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{\displaystyle \int _{0}^{1}\log \Gamma _{q}(x)dx={\frac {1}{2}}\log(1-q)-{\frac {\zeta (2)}{\log q}}+\log(q;q)_{\infty }\quad (0<q<1).}
The following special values are known.[ 1]
Γ
e
−
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2
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7
π
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16
e
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1
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15
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π
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Γ
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4
)
,
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{e^{-\pi }}\left({\frac {1}{2}}\right)={\frac {e^{-7\pi /16}{\sqrt {e^{\pi }-1}}{\sqrt[{4}]{1+{\sqrt {2}}}}}{2^{15/16}\pi ^{3/4}}}\,\Gamma \left({\frac {1}{4}}\right),}
Γ
e
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2
π
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2
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7
π
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8
e
2
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9
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π
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Γ
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1
4
)
,
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{e^{-2\pi }}\left({\frac {1}{2}}\right)={\frac {e^{-7\pi /8}{\sqrt {e^{2\pi }-1}}}{2^{9/8}\pi ^{3/4}}}\,\Gamma \left({\frac {1}{4}}\right),}
Γ
e
−
4
π
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2
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−
7
π
/
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e
4
π
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2
7
/
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π
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/
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Γ
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1
4
)
,
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{e^{-4\pi }}\left({\frac {1}{2}}\right)={\frac {e^{-7\pi /4}{\sqrt {e^{4\pi }-1}}}{2^{7/4}\pi ^{3/4}}}\,\Gamma \left({\frac {1}{4}}\right),}
Γ
e
−
8
π
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1
2
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e
−
7
π
/
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e
8
π
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1
2
9
/
4
π
3
/
4
1
+
2
Γ
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1
4
)
.
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{e^{-8\pi }}\left({\frac {1}{2}}\right)={\frac {e^{-7\pi /2}{\sqrt {e^{8\pi }-1}}}{2^{9/4}\pi ^{3/4}{\sqrt {1+{\sqrt {2}}}}}}\,\Gamma \left({\frac {1}{4}}\right).}
Γ
(
1
2
)
=
π
{\displaystyle \Gamma \left({\frac {1}{2}}\right)={\sqrt {\pi }}}
Moreover, the following analogues of the familiar identity
Γ
(
1
4
)
Γ
(
3
4
)
=
2
π
{\displaystyle \Gamma \left({\frac {1}{4}}\right)\Gamma \left({\frac {3}{4}}\right)={\sqrt {2}}\pi }
Γ
e
−
2
π
(
1
4
)
Γ
e
−
2
π
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3
4
)
=
e
−
29
π
/
16
(
e
2
π
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1
)
1
+
2
4
2
33
/
16
π
3
/
2
Γ
(
1
4
)
2
,
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{e^{-2\pi }}\left({\frac {1}{4}}\right)\Gamma _{e^{-2\pi }}\left({\frac {3}{4}}\right)={\frac {e^{-29\pi /16}\left(e^{2\pi }-1\right){\sqrt[{4}]{1+{\sqrt {2}}}}}{2^{33/16}\pi ^{3/2}}}\,\Gamma \left({\frac {1}{4}}\right)^{2},}
Γ
e
−
4
π
(
1
4
)
Γ
e
−
4
π
(
3
4
)
=
e
−
29
π
/
8
(
e
4
π
−
1
)
2
23
/
8
π
3
/
2
Γ
(
1
4
)
2
,
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{e^{-4\pi }}\left({\frac {1}{4}}\right)\Gamma _{e^{-4\pi }}\left({\frac {3}{4}}\right)={\frac {e^{-29\pi /8}\left(e^{4\pi }-1\right)}{2^{23/8}\pi ^{3/2}}}\,\Gamma \left({\frac {1}{4}}\right)^{2},}
Γ
e
−
8
π
(
1
4
)
Γ
e
−
8
π
(
3
4
)
=
e
−
29
π
/
4
(
e
8
π
−
1
)
16
π
3
/
2
1
+
2
Γ
(
1
4
)
2
.
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{e^{-8\pi }}\left({\frac {1}{4}}\right)\Gamma _{e^{-8\pi }}\left({\frac {3}{4}}\right)={\frac {e^{-29\pi /4}\left(e^{8\pi }-1\right)}{16\pi ^{3/2}{\sqrt {1+{\sqrt {2}}}}}}\,\Gamma \left({\frac {1}{4}}\right)^{2}.}
Let
A
{\displaystyle A}
positive-definite matrix . Then a
q
{\displaystyle q}
q
{\displaystyle q}
[ 2]
Γ
q
(
A
)
:=
∫
0
1
1
−
q
t
A
−
I
E
q
(
−
q
t
)
d
q
t
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{q}(A):=\int _{0}^{\frac {1}{1-q}}t^{A-I}E_{q}(-qt)\mathrm {d} _{q}t}
E
q
{\displaystyle E_{q}}
q-exponential function.
Other q -gamma functions [ edit ] For other
q
{\displaystyle q}
[ 3]
Numerical computation [ edit ] An iterative algorithm to compute the q-gamma function was proposed by Gabutti and Allasia.[ 4]
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![{\displaystyle \Gamma _{q}(x+1)={\frac {1-q^{x}}{1-q}}\Gamma _{q}(x)=[x]_{q}\Gamma _{q}(x)}](https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/1369d42adac73e85d50ce69ed4e83fe4d9432ce7)
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