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








Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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