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PolyGamma






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Traditional Notation









Gamma, Beta, Erf > PolyGamma[nu,z] > Transformations > Transformations and argument simplifications > Argument involving basic arithmetic operations





http://functions.wolfram.com/06.15.16.0003.02









  


  










Input Form





PolyGamma[n, -z] == (-1)^n PolyGamma[n, z] - Pi I KroneckerDelta[n] - (2 Pi I)^(n + 1) ((I Cot[Pi z] - 1)/2) Sum[((-1)^k k! StirlingS2[n, k] (I Cot[Pi z] + 1)^k)/2^k, {k, 0, n}] + n! z^(-n - 1) /; Element[n, Integers] && n >= 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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