Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: Is there code for X?
Topic: partialGamma when arguments are real
Josha Dekker (Jan 03 2024 at 09:54):
We have
def partialGamma (s : ℂ) (X : ℝ) : ℂ :=
∫ x in (0)..X, (-x).exp * x ^ (s - 1)
I'm interested in the case where , in which case partialGamma maps into . Is there something like a Real.partialGamma that takes care of this? I couldn't find it in the docs.
I'm effectively interested in showing that the CDF of a Gamma distribution equals a constant multiplied by a partialGamma evaluated at some choice of s and X. I'm just curious whether there is something useful out there, or whether I should just program this by hand?
Kevin Buzzard (Jan 03 2024 at 09:56):
You can just take the real part
Josha Dekker (Jan 03 2024 at 09:57):
Thank you!
Kevin Buzzard (Jan 03 2024 at 10:00):
This is a standard trick, see e.g. docs#Real.cos
Josha Dekker (Jan 03 2024 at 10:04):
Thank you!
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