Talk:Incomplete gamma function

message: The Incomplete gamma function article uses \mathrm{e} throughout. That disagrees with the article on the mathematical constant e, the article on the gamma function, and with the mathematical literature as a whole. "\mathrm{e}" should be replaced with "e" throughout.Getthebasin (talk) 17:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Typographical discrepancy

message: The current article states
 \gamma(a,x) = \int_0^x t^{a-1}\,e^{-t}\,dt .\,\!
 and
  \frac{\gamma(a,x)}{x^a} \rightarrow 1 \quad \mathrm{as\ } x \rightarrow 0, \,
 shouldn't it maybe be something like, - say - 
  \frac{\gamma(a,x)}{x^a} \rightarrow a^{-1} \quad \mathrm{as\ } x \rightarrow 0, \,
 
I have just created my wikipedia-account today, so Im not really sure how this stuff works, but wouldn't you agree that an extra a in the above formula makes sense? (b.t.w. I didn't place that retangular dashed boxed in my post on purpose)
Robert (talk) 21:59, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! -- Tony 69.106.255.20 (talk) 06:33, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  lower incomplete gamma function for small x'es 

message: I have just added some material concerning derivatives of the (upper) incomplete gamma function with
respect to its argument(s).  I decided to be bold and also added some material indicating how and 
why this is useful.  This material has been in the literature for more than 20 years.  I thought it was high
time it was added.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.71.55.135 (talk) 22:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! -- Tony 69.106.255.20 (talk) 06:33, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  derivatives 

message: I wonder what the restriction |arg s| < 1.5*pi in the asymptotic formula of Gamma(s,z) really means and I suspect the constraints of the formula are not correctly cited here. If one takes arg running from -pi to pi (the principle value, as defined here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_%28complex_analysis%29), then the restriction always holds, and can simply be omitted. To my knowledge, formulas related to the incomplete gamma function often hold in a (complex) half plane only, so some kind of constraint might be necessary here, but it is certainly not the one mentioned here.
I got some books (Temme, Cruyt, Abramowitz/Stegun and others) that cover the incomplete gamma function, and I'm going to look that up these days.
Wolf Lammen  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.183.23.210 (talk) 09:23, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: asymptotic formula?

message: The figures at the beginning of the article are hard to interpret. Moreover, the fact that they are animated makes them very annoying, like a banner from the 90's  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.132.224.85 (talk) 15:29, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. What are those figures even supposed to be showing? Caption info is inadequate. I've gotten rid of them. Something informative would be helpful. Isambard Kingdom (talk) 16:27, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eliminate the animations at the beginning of the article 

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