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variants of this functions
Beta




Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Gamma, Beta, Erf > Beta[z,a,b] > Integral representations > Contour integral representations





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Input Form





Beta[z, a, b] == (1/(2 Pi I)) (z^a/(Gamma[1 - b] Gamma[a + b])) ContourIntegrate[(Gamma[s] Gamma[s + b] Gamma[a - s] Gamma[1 - b - s])/ (1 - z)^s, {s, \[ScriptCapitalL]}] /; Abs[Arg[1 - z]] < Pi








Standard Form





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