§8.1 Special Notation

(For other notation see Notation for the Special Functions.)

Unless otherwise indicated, primes denote derivatives with respect to the argument.

The functions treated in this chapter are the incomplete gamma functions $\gamma (a,z)$, $\mathrm{\Gamma }(a,z)$, ${\gamma }^{\ast }(a,z)$, $P(a,z)$, and $Q(a,z)$; the incomplete beta functions ${\mathrm{B}}_x(a,b)$ and $I_x(a,b)$; the generalized exponential integral $E_p\left(z\right)$; the generalized sine and cosine integrals $\mathrm{si}(a,z)$, $\mathrm{ci}(a,z)$, $\mathrm{Si}(a,z)$, and $\mathrm{Ci}(a,z)$.

Alternative notations include: Prym’s functions $P_z(a)=\gamma (a,z)$, $Q_z(a)=\mathrm{\Gamma }(a,z)$, Nielsen (1906a, pp. 25–26), Batchelder (1967, p. 63); $(a,z)!=\gamma (a+1,z)$, $[a,z]!=\mathrm{\Gamma }(a+1,z)$, Dingle (1973); $B(a,b,x)={\mathrm{B}}_x(a,b)$, $I(a,b,x)=I_x(a,b)$, Magnus et al. (1966); $\mathrm{Si}(a,x)\to \mathrm{Si}(1-a,x)$, $\mathrm{Ci}(a,x)\to \mathrm{Ci}(1-a,x)$, Luke (1975).