Leo August Pochhammer
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Leo August Pochhammer was a Prussia
n mathematician, known for his work on special functions. He introduced the Pochhammer symbol
, now generally used for expressing hypergeometric functions in a compact notation.
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
n mathematician, known for his work on special functions. He introduced the Pochhammer symbol
Pochhammer symbol
In mathematics, the Pochhammer symbol introduced by Leo August Pochhammer is the notation ', where is a non-negative integer. Depending on the context the Pochhammer symbol may represent either the rising factorial or the falling factorial as defined below. Care needs to be taken to check which...
, now generally used for expressing hypergeometric functions in a compact notation.
See also
- Pochhammer symbolPochhammer symbolIn mathematics, the Pochhammer symbol introduced by Leo August Pochhammer is the notation ', where is a non-negative integer. Depending on the context the Pochhammer symbol may represent either the rising factorial or the falling factorial as defined below. Care needs to be taken to check which...
- Generalized Pochhammer symbol
- q-Pochhammer symbol
- Pochhammer contourPochhammer contourIn mathematics, the Pochhammer contour, introduced by and , is a contour in the complex plane with two points removed, used for contour integration...
- Jordan–Pochhammer differential equation