The Gamma Function, 9780486789781
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Unlock the gamma function’s secrets: elementary calculus reveals all.

The Gamma Function

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    48 pages

  • Release Date

    24 April 2015

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Summary

This brief monograph on the gamma function was designed by the author to fill what he perceived as a gap in the literature of mathematics, which often treated the gamma function in a manner he described as both sketchy and overly complicated. Author Emil Artin, one of the twentieth century’s leading mathematicians, wrote in his Preface to this book, “I feel that this monograph will help to show that the gamma function can be thought of as one of the elementary functions, and that all of its b…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780486789781
ISBN-10:0486789780
Author:Emil Artin
Publisher:Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:Dover Publications Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:48
Release Date:24 April 2015
Weight:80g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm x 4mm
Series:Dover Books on Mathematics
About The Author

Emil Artin

Emil Artin (1898-1962), one of the 20th century’s most prominent mathematicians, taught at the University of Hamburg from 1923 to 1937. After emigrating to the United States, he taught at Notre Dame (1937-38), Indiana University (1938-46), and Princeton (1946-58) before returning to Hamburg in 1958. Dover also publishes his Galois Theory.

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