Deriving the Gamma Function

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Prime Newtons

Prime Newtons

27 днів тому

In this video, I showed how to obtain then gamma function by simple integration and repeated application of Leibniz's Integral Rule
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@Emlt
@Emlt 26 днів тому
You’re the coolest maths teacher ever 😊
@Thenukasenathma
@Thenukasenathma 26 днів тому
@blackovich
@blackovich 25 днів тому
Hey Prime Newtons, I must say that you have an amazing talent. I watched this video for 18 minutes without getting bored. That is rare for me.
@Tabu11211
@Tabu11211 19 днів тому
same
@uwanttono4012
@uwanttono4012 23 дні тому
Have just recently started to watch your videos and your enthusiasm for maths is infectious! I just wish my high school teachers and professors of the 70s had that inspirational spark!
@user-mp6zu7ik1z
@user-mp6zu7ik1z 24 дні тому
these are the only videos i can watch all the way through and never get bored
@Jack_Callcott_AU
@Jack_Callcott_AU 25 днів тому
Hello Mr Newton. This is a great video And I really enjoyed it. I have never seen it done this way before, and I have an MSc in pure maths. It's so clear and simple. 📳📴✅
@PrimeNewtons
@PrimeNewtons 25 днів тому
Glad you enjoyed it
@dean532
@dean532 22 дні тому
Lol and Me revisiting Gamma functions this way at the heart of the matter! 13 years have passed and nobody teaches the derivation of CRUCIAL functions like these to engineers probably because they thought it’s irrelevant but the point here is when you do a derivation you open up new doors to possibilities and your Ebbinghaus curve would be smooth as ever (you’d remember things even better!)
@flowingafterglow629
@flowingafterglow629 26 днів тому
So are you conceding that you did the "illegal" things in the last video? Because, yes, you did. I'm glad you mad this response (and it's cool you have responded so quickly)
@Aivo382
@Aivo382 26 днів тому
I LOVE your videos. There's so much dedication, GREAT explanations, POWERFULLY INTERESTING math ideas. Easily one of my favourite math channels, if not my favourite one. Keep doing as great as you always do 8)
@curtpiazza1688
@curtpiazza1688 7 днів тому
Wow! Great lesson! I love your chalkboard penmanship! ❤ 😊
@NjugunaBK
@NjugunaBK 17 днів тому
I met the Gamma function about three days ago in the Fermi-Dirac integrals and somehow, without searching for Math tutorials, I bumped into this. How cool?
@douglasstrother6584
@douglasstrother6584 17 днів тому
It's all fun & games until the Fermions show up.
@WhiteGandalfs
@WhiteGandalfs 26 днів тому
The discussion around the backward factorial development and the gamma function have been enlightening to me. Finally this stuff makes sense to me. Well: People like me, who just got an engineering level math education, get the equivalent of a lecture with this videos. Keep it going! :D And concerning the content of this juggling here: That looks like a good example for the justification of mathematicians playing around with things they have just discovered to stumble by accident upon completely new stuff that blows the mind when finalized :D When i looked through wikipedia articles after the previous video on factorials, i threw the towel when it came to the deduction of the Gamma function, but with this explanation here it is perfectly fitting in to my pre-knowledge. Thanks!
@mihaipuiu6231
@mihaipuiu6231 16 днів тому
Prime Newtons.... you are Fantastic Teacher. Congratulations!
@drekkerscythe4723
@drekkerscythe4723 26 днів тому
5 mins in, and I can't help but point out that you just derived the Laplace(1) =1/s
@EvilSandwich
@EvilSandwich 25 днів тому
Oh my God I was thinking the same thing as soon as I saw the 1/t. This channel just gave us a 2 for 1 deal lol
@marcoscirineu
@marcoscirineu 20 днів тому
Simply amazing. Congratulations!!!
@Tejuuuop
@Tejuuuop 26 днів тому
I really enjoy your lectures, your way of explaining is very cool 🌟❤️
@keithrobinson2941
@keithrobinson2941 21 день тому
Great! Looking forward to the next video in this series of videos.
@Orillians
@Orillians 26 днів тому
The most exciting Prime newtons video aside from the cover up method ngllll. This IS BRILLIANT
@JohnBrian-zs5yp
@JohnBrian-zs5yp 14 днів тому
Amazing video, I really love your enthusiasm
@SimchaWaldman
@SimchaWaldman 26 днів тому
Why was the Gamma function defined as 𝛤(z) = (z - 1)! and not simply 𝛤(z) = z! ?
@ahmetalicetin5331
@ahmetalicetin5331 25 днів тому
We actually did that (see Π(z)) but then realized that we use (z-1)! more frequently so we just defined the gamma function as (z-1)!
@m.h.6470
@m.h.6470 26 днів тому
Thank you for addressing the issue in the last video.
@user-nd7rg5er5g
@user-nd7rg5er5g 15 годин тому
excellent work! Thank you for making this video!
@CM63_France
@CM63_France 21 день тому
Hi, Awesome! I've been trying to find a way to derive this for a long time, and you just did it! Thanks a lot! Something else : I've been working on a way to write the factorial function as a polynomial series + a rational fraction series for a while. Say : x! = a_0 + a_1 x + a_2 x^2 + ... + b_1 / (x+1) + b_2 / (x+2) + b_3 / (x+3) + ... For now I have demonstrated that the poles (the negative integers) are single, which is quite easy. I then tried to write relationships between the coefficients by applying the formula: (x+1)! = (x+1) x! and by indentifying coefficients. But it's a bit difficult, you quickly get complicated formulas and you are kind of sailing backwards. By taking x=0 or x=1 you get some simple formulas, but that's all. Do you know a better way to do that?
@spudhead169
@spudhead169 20 днів тому
Instant subscribe. Wonderful, keep on "tap tap tapping".
@Timelapse_Xpl
@Timelapse_Xpl 20 днів тому
I love his facial expressions and cool nature.
@sergiomensitieri
@sergiomensitieri 17 днів тому
Man this is the best explanation I’ve ever seen
@ulisses_nicolau_barros
@ulisses_nicolau_barros 26 днів тому
This is pure Diamond. Could you, please, bring some Integral Equations theories?
@Razorcarl
@Razorcarl 18 днів тому
Thank you sir for an amazing lesson
@youknowwhatlol6628
@youknowwhatlol6628 26 днів тому
Hey! Thanks for your videos, friendo, keep up the work 😎
@superuser8636
@superuser8636 18 днів тому
Great videos! Now I think we are ready for the LaPlace transform 😅
@spicymickfool
@spicymickfool 21 день тому
I really like this presentation. I suspect it lends itself to calculating the Gaussian integral without a complicated Feynman trick in the exponent. I typically derive the factorial by trying to find the Laplace transform of $t^n$, but that's not as parsimonious as this approach.
@h_kmack4132
@h_kmack4132 19 днів тому
Absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@punditgi
@punditgi 19 днів тому
Always count on Prime Newtons! ❤🎉😊
@user-rq6gd8yy2t
@user-rq6gd8yy2t 25 днів тому
Great video as always, but I'm confused why we put t=1 like are we allowed to assume this or just to make things easier , and if so why not other number like 2,3,4 etc... . And again thank you so much for thus great channel ❤
@joeystenbeck6697
@joeystenbeck6697 18 днів тому
Iiuc the integral with t in it is more general than the gamma function. In other words, the gamma function is a specific instance of it. Prime Newtons showed us how to prove that the more general integral was equal to factorial over t^Z, and then showed that replacing t with 1 gives us the gamma function.
@Harrykesh630
@Harrykesh630 26 днів тому
Elegant ✨!
@johnplong3644
@johnplong3644 25 днів тому
I have Totally forgotten Calculus I can’t follow this Actually. I need to Start at Trigonometry going to Pre-calculus I am at a Algebra 2 level or College Algebra level with some Trigonometry knowledge.You an a extremely intelligent person and one hell of a teacher You have a passion for it I love your attitude I am 66 I will be auditing Trigonometry at my local college this fall Then taking Calculus 1 I have a young student who I am tutoring in Pre-Algebra He wants me to to be able to help him out in Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus Actually He is Algebra 1 Ready He was totally failing math The light has been turned on And all cylinders are firing He is a freshman in High School He can pass Pre- Algebra now They are going to let him test out so he can Take Algebra 1 his sophomore year will be teaching him Algebra 2 now and all throughout the summer He wants to test out of Algebra 1 This fall He wants to take Algebra 2 and Geometry Junior year Trigonometry Senior year Pre- Calculus …Soo By the end of next year He will have the same math knowledge as I have right now So yeah I will be auditing math courses this fall …Yes never stop learning and it is never to old to learn It my case I forgot I did it once before I can certainly do it again And I can’t let him pass me up
@ruaidhridoylelynch5522
@ruaidhridoylelynch5522 26 днів тому
Great video
@ukasolaj1181
@ukasolaj1181 23 дні тому
my great respect 😀
@mistervallus185
@mistervallus185 18 днів тому
when you assumed that the area was half when you took half the bounds, you should’ve proved, or at least mentioned in passing, that it was because the function was symmetric
@dirklutz2818
@dirklutz2818 7 днів тому
x² is an even function and therfore symmetric
@Subham-Kun
@Subham-Kun 26 днів тому
7:19 Sir could you kindly do a video proving the "Leibniz Integral Rule" ?
@joeystenbeck6697
@joeystenbeck6697 18 днів тому
I have a related question. Is the intuition behind it just that partial derivative with respect to t and the integral of x are constant relative to each other? I'm not sure if the proof goes deeper or if the proof's complexity is largely rigor. Full disclosure I haven't looked into it much yet
@conrad5342
@conrad5342 19 днів тому
Is it just me or is anyone else listening wondering if Bob Ross just started to present math here? .. thank you for the nice video.
@AlirezaNabavian-eu6fz
@AlirezaNabavian-eu6fz 25 днів тому
Excellent
@douglasstrother6584
@douglasstrother6584 17 днів тому
"Mammagamma" ~ The Alan Parsons Project
@holyshit922
@holyshit922 26 днів тому
This is the rule of differentiating the image applied to L(1) Yes L(t^{r}) = Γ(r+1)/s^{r+1}
@tomvitale3555
@tomvitale3555 26 днів тому
Phew! Truly a thing of beauty! But how do you think that the discoverer of the Gamma function started the derivation with the integral (from 0 to infinity) of e^(-tx) dx? Do you think that he/she already knew the "destination" and reverse-engineered to get there? For example, noticed that if you keep differentiating e^(-x) dx you'd get the form of a factorial as the multiplier?
@ingiford175
@ingiford175 25 днів тому
I think it the concept 'modern' concept of the gamma function first came up with writings between Euler and Goldbach
@tomvitale3555
@tomvitale3555 25 днів тому
@@ingiford175 Whoever did it, was brilliant!
@haroldosantiago819
@haroldosantiago819 26 днів тому
Don"t worry Master, u are a good Guy. The contraditory always be...
@TheLokomente
@TheLokomente 15 днів тому
💯
@majora4
@majora4 25 днів тому
I have a question regarding the step taken at 1:39. I can clearly see it works here, but does it *always* work? In other words if given some f(x): R -> R and real number L such that Int{-inf to inf} f(x) dx = L, is it always true that Int{0 to inf} f(x) dx = L/2?
@ingiford175
@ingiford175 25 днів тому
It works because f(x) is an even function. If f(x) is an odd function then the original integral is 0 for any R, but the {0 to inf} can be anything
@majora4
@majora4 25 днів тому
@@ingiford175 Ah, yeah, that makes a lot of sense. It hadn't occurred to me until you said so that e^(x^2) is an even function because, for whatever reason, it doesn't really "feel" even to me.
@elegantblue45
@elegantblue45 19 днів тому
Doesn't the limit depend of the sign of t? Because if t is negative then lim_{R \to +\infty} e^(-tR) = + \infty
@micharijdes9867
@micharijdes9867 18 днів тому
It does. t > 0 had to be specified
@elegantblue45
@elegantblue45 18 днів тому
@@micharijdes9867 Yeah! But youtube teachers tend to not be as rigorous
@alexiopatata4048
@alexiopatata4048 19 днів тому
Is it possible to calculate the integral of the gamma function?
@hammadsirhindi1320
@hammadsirhindi1320 25 днів тому
Is there any method to calculate the approximate value of gamma(1/3)?
@wolphyxx
@wolphyxx 26 днів тому
New video droped 🔥
@user-by1xn7hc9v
@user-by1xn7hc9v 25 днів тому
Prime Newton =passion for Math.
@himadrikhanra7463
@himadrikhanra7463 12 днів тому
Gama 1/2= root pi...polar coordinate?
@mathpro926
@mathpro926 25 днів тому
I enjoy with your class thank you teacher
@gustavozola7167
@gustavozola7167 26 днів тому
Excellent video! But can you explain why you are allowed to simply say that “t=1”?
@plucas2003
@plucas2003 26 днів тому
t é um valor arbitrário, então, pra facilitar os cálculos, ele fez t=1
@naturallyinterested7569
@naturallyinterested7569 26 днів тому
I still don't know why one does this shift from n to z. It looks like just an obfuscation. Does it bring any benefits?
@PrimeNewtons
@PrimeNewtons 26 днів тому
n is generally perceived to be natural numbers. The gamma function takes a lot more than that.
@naturallyinterested7569
@naturallyinterested7569 26 днів тому
@@PrimeNewtons Sorry, I don't mean the exchange of symbols, I mean the input shift by one.
@flowingafterglow629
@flowingafterglow629 26 днів тому
@@naturallyinterested7569 Yeah, I agree. Because if you look at the last expression, you could just come back and resubstitute n = z -1 and it's just a simple expression for n! There must be something else here.
@PrimeNewtons
@PrimeNewtons 26 днів тому
Oh. That's the only way you can enter the input directly as the argument of the function. Otherwise, you'd be writing Gamma(x-1) or Gamma (x+1) and not Gamma(x)
@naturallyinterested7569
@naturallyinterested7569 26 днів тому
@@PrimeNewtons But that's exactly what I mean, without this shift in the definition of Gamma(x), for which I know no reason, we would have Gamma(n) = n! What I don't know is for what reason (other than to annoy me ;) is that shift there?
@treybell40501
@treybell40501 24 дні тому
Law abiding citizen newton yessir
@glgou4647
@glgou4647 26 днів тому
"illegal" 😭😭😭 who are the police then
@diraction
@diraction 19 днів тому
Euler
@turkishkebab31
@turkishkebab31 26 днів тому
hello sir can you solve lim n -> inf (1/n^2) * Sum[Sum[b^2-d^2,{d,3n,10cn}],{b,2n,5an}]
@camiloonatecorrea7190
@camiloonatecorrea7190 16 днів тому
I love you kanye
@johnka5407
@johnka5407 26 днів тому
Why does e^(1/Rt) become 0
@micharijdes9867
@micharijdes9867 18 днів тому
It is because it says 1/(e^Rt), not e^(1/Rt) as I thought it did at first. In this case of course, e^Rt is very big and 1/e^Rt goes to 0
@DEYGAMEDU
@DEYGAMEDU 26 днів тому
sir please show how e is created
@syedmdabid7191
@syedmdabid7191 15 днів тому
The factorial of a negative number is UNDEFINED or INFINITY. So, gamma of ZERO is infinity. And So the logarithmic value of negative number is imaginary.
@PrimeNewtons
@PrimeNewtons 15 днів тому
No. Factorial of a negative INTEGER is undefined
@surendrakverma555
@surendrakverma555 26 днів тому
Good
@senuradilshan8095
@senuradilshan8095 26 днів тому
Hello sir
@DeluxeWarPlaya
@DeluxeWarPlaya 20 днів тому
Use b
@zyntolaz
@zyntolaz 18 днів тому
Nice work, except that you cannot have t = 0, and you never point out this limitation. More sleight of math? 🙂
@ProactiveYellow
@ProactiveYellow 26 днів тому
Wait, 0! Isn't supposed to work? The number of arrangements of a size 0 ordered set? You have only one possibility: take none (which is taking all), thus 0!=1
@mikefochtman7164
@mikefochtman7164 26 днів тому
I think that's sort of the point of the video. If you define factorial simply in terms of set theory (permutation of n distinct objects) then size 0 set doesn't make sense. But it's observed that the repeated differentiation of that integral can ALSO be a definition of 'factorial'. And in that context, we have a different way to calculate n!. Using this new method definition, it DOES have a value for 0! and 'can be shown....' to have a value of 1.
@mikefochtman7164
@mikefochtman7164 26 днів тому
In math, sometimes things have different meanings depending on context. Like 'parallel lines' in flat plane geometry never meet. But in non-Euclidian, 'parallel lines' can mean something different and in that context they can. Maths.... what can I say?
@ProactiveYellow
@ProactiveYellow 26 днів тому
@@mikefochtman7164 except that a set of size zero makes perfect sense, it is the empty set, which has precisely one permutation, so my confusion is why some would claim that 0! is undefined in the classic sense
@flowingafterglow629
@flowingafterglow629 26 днів тому
@@ProactiveYellow But he didn't base his derivation on the interpretation that it is the number of permutations. He used the function n! = n(n-1)(n-2)...3*2*1 and then tried to slip in a 0 for the last term. As was pointed out in the last video, you can't do that because the factors in the function necessarily terminate at 1. If he would have used set theory, it would have been a different argument.
@allozovsky
@allozovsky 24 дні тому
​ @flowingafterglow629 But then it would be an _empty product,_ that is a product of an empty list of factors, which by convention is equal to the neutral element of multiplication, that is 1. In the same manner, like an _empty sum_ is equal to the neutral element of addition, that is 0. So it makes perfect sense.
@GFlCh
@GFlCh 19 днів тому
Why do I understand things when you explain it but otherwise, not so much?
@PrimeNewtons
@PrimeNewtons 19 днів тому
Because you're a good learner.
@kaderen8461
@kaderen8461 18 днів тому
hey man pls let my family go
@DeluxeWarPlaya
@DeluxeWarPlaya 20 днів тому
Don't use R
@PrimeNewtons
@PrimeNewtons 20 днів тому
Now that I think about it, I should not have used R. Maybe r.
@DeluxeWarPlaya
@DeluxeWarPlaya 20 днів тому
@@PrimeNewtons It's already been assigned as b
@SamuelDonald-pr2uu
@SamuelDonald-pr2uu 26 днів тому
Nice job ❤
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