English Explanatory Dictionary

Pochhammer symbol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The notation (x)ₙ, where n is a non-negative integer, which depending on the context represents either the rising factorial or the falling factorial.

Word forms

Pochhammer symbol Pochhammer symbols

Etymology

Introduced by Leo August Pochhammer.

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