Chapter 11: Q1P (page 551)
Carry through the algebra to get the equation
Short Answer
The required result is derived through algebra.
Chapter 11: Q1P (page 551)
Carry through the algebra to get the equation
The required result is derived through algebra.
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Get started for freeThe function is called the digamma function, and the polygama functions are defined by. [Warning: Some authors define as ).]
(a) Show that . Hint: See (3.4).
(b) Use Problem 6 to obtain.
Prove equation (6.5).
Without computer or tables, but just using facts you know, sketch a quick rough graph of the function from -2to 3. Hint:This is easy; don’t make a big job of it. From Section 3, you know the values of the data-custom-editor="chemistry" function at the positive integers in terms of factorials. From Problem 1, you can easily find and plot the function at , . (Approximateas a little less than 2.) From (4.1) and the discussion following it, you know that the function tends to plus or minus infinity at 0 and the negative integers, and you know the intervals where it is positive or negative. After sketching your graph, make a computer plot of the Γ function from -5to 5and compare your sketch.
Write the integral in equation (12.7) as an elliptic integral and show that (12.8)gives its value. Hints: Write and a similar equation for. Then make the change of variable.
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