An inequality fo INCOMPLETE GAMMA functions

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1 total messages Started by schoen Thu, 12 Nov 1992 10:36

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Author: schoen
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 10:36

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Let $\gamma(a,x) = \int_0^x exp(-t) t^{a-1} dt$ be the incomplete gamma
function. Is it true that
	$\gamma(a,x) <= \gamma(a+0.5,x)$ ?
(or, at least, for which range of x and a values does the inequality
hold?)
Thank you.
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