Timeline for Why isn't the gamma function defined so that $\Gamma(n) = n! $?
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| Mar 2, 2018 at 19:51 | comment | added | user123641 | With the $\Pi$ function, there is something gratifying about writing the volume of an $n$ ellipsoid with radii $r_1, \ldots, r_n$ as $$\frac{\pi^{n/2}}{\Pi(n/2)}\prod_{k=1}^n r_k$$ Look at all that pi! | |
| Sep 10, 2012 at 18:51 | comment | added | Michael Hardy | This thread is ancient. But I've added a new answer. See below. | |
| Sep 10, 2012 at 18:50 | answer | added | Michael Hardy | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 27, 2011 at 9:55 | history | edited | J. M. ain't a mathematician | edited tags | |
| Jan 24, 2011 at 0:53 | vote | accept | Mark Eichenlaub | ||
| Jan 21, 2011 at 1:00 | answer | added | Riley E | timeline score: 20 | |
| Jan 20, 2011 at 23:37 | answer | added | Shai Covo | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 20, 2011 at 22:55 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackMath/status/28224193287946240 | ||
| Jan 20, 2011 at 22:17 | comment | added | Mark Eichenlaub | @Nate Thanks for the link. I checked Wikipedia and the archives on this site, but didn't look at MathOverflow. | |
| Jan 20, 2011 at 22:12 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | The accepted answer on that MO question doesn't really reflect community consensus; I am much more willing to support Emerton's comment. | |
| Jan 20, 2011 at 21:46 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | mathoverflow.net/questions/20960/… | |
| Jan 20, 2011 at 21:43 | history | asked | Mark Eichenlaub | CC BY-SA 2.5 |