Næste: The infinite product Op: The Gamma function Foregående: Wielandt's theorem

Weierstrass product

Here we shall deduce the product expansion

\begin{displaymath}\frac{1}{\Gamma (z)} = z \exp (\gamma
z) \prod_{n=1}^{\infty}(1+z/n)\exp (-z/n)
\end{displaymath}

from Wielandt's theorem. First, however, we shall show that the infinite product defines an entire function. Then we prove that it is equal to $1/\Gamma (z)$.



 

Henrik Laurberg Pedersen
2000-05-16