8 Incomplete Gamma and Related Functions Incomplete Gamma Functions 8.14 Integrals 8.16 Generalizations

§8.15 Sums

Notes:: See Tricomi (1950b).
Keywords:: incomplete gamma functions
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8.15.1 $\mathop{\gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(a,\lambda x\right)=\lambda^{a}\sum_{{k=0}}^{% \infty}\mathop{\gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(a+k,x\right)\frac{(1-\lambda)^{k}}{k!}.$

Symbols:: : : factorial, $\mathop{\gamma\/}\nolimits\!\left(a,z\right)$ : incomplete gamma function, : real variable, : parameter and : nonnegative integer
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For sums of infinite series whose terms include incomplete gamma functions, see Prudnikov et al. (1986b, §5.2).