beta function
The beta function is defined as
for any real numbers .For other complex values of and ,we can define by analytic continuation.
The beta function has the property
for all complex numbers and for which the right-hand side is defined.Here is the gamma function
.
Also,
and
The beta function was first definedby L. Euler (http://planetmath.org/EulerLeonhard) in 1730,and the name was given by J. Binet.