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variants of this functions
HarmonicNumber






Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Gamma, Beta, Erf > HarmonicNumber[z,r] > Series representations > Residue representations





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Input Form





HarmonicNumber[z, r] == Sum[Residue[(Gamma[s] Gamma[1 - s] Gamma[1 - s]^r)/Gamma[2 - s]^r/(-1)^s, {s, -j}], {j, 0, Infinity}] - Sum[Residue[(Gamma[s] Gamma[1 - s] Gamma[1 + z - s]^r)/Gamma[2 + z - s]^r/ (-1)^s, {s, -j}], {j, 0, Infinity}] /; Element[r - 1, Integers] && r - 1 > 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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