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Erfc






Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Gamma, Beta, Erf > Erfc[z] > Series representations > Generalized power series > Expansions at generic point z==z0 > For the function itself





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Input Form





Erfc[z] == Erfc[Subscript[z, 0]] - (2/Sqrt[Pi]) Exp[-Subscript[z, 0]^2] Sum[(((-1)^j Pochhammer[2 j - k + 2, 2 (k - j - 1)])/ (k! (k - j - 1)! (2 Subscript[z, 0])^(k - 2 j - 1))) (z - Subscript[z, 0])^k, {k, 1, Infinity}, {j, 0, k - 1}]










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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