alternate integral representation of beta functionBy making the change of variable xp=y, we see that∫01xp-1(1-x)q-1𝑑x=1p∫01(1-y1p)q-1𝑑y.Hence, we have∫01(1-y1p)q-1𝑑y=pΓ(p)Γ(q)Γ(p+q).