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PolyGamma






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Traditional Notation









Gamma, Beta, Erf > PolyGamma[nu,z] > Series representations > Other series representations





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Input Form





PolyGamma[\[Nu], z] == (-((Log[z] - PolyGamma[-\[Nu]] - EulerGamma)/Gamma[-\[Nu]])) z^(-\[Nu] - 1) - EulerGamma/(z^\[Nu] Gamma[1 - \[Nu]]) + z^(1 - \[Nu]) Gamma[1 + \[Nu]] Sum[(-z)^(-1 + \[Nu]) (k + z)^(-1 - \[Nu]) + Hypergeometric2F1Regularized[1, \[Nu], 2 + \[Nu], 1 + k/z]/ (z k Gamma[1 - \[Nu]]), {k, 1, Infinity}] /; !Element[\[Nu], Integers]










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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