Fungrim entry: 48910b

\mathrm{B}\!\left(a, b\right) = 2 \int_{0}^{\pi / 2} \sin^{2 a - 1}\!\left(t\right) \cos^{2 b - 1}\!\left(t\right) \, dt

Assumptions:

a \in \mathbb{C} \;\mathbin{\operatorname{and}}\; b \in \mathbb{C} \;\mathbin{\operatorname{and}}\; \operatorname{Re}(a) > 0 \;\mathbin{\operatorname{and}}\; \operatorname{Re}(b) > 0

TeX:

\mathrm{B}\!\left(a, b\right) = 2 \int_{0}^{\pi / 2} \sin^{2 a - 1}\!\left(t\right) \cos^{2 b - 1}\!\left(t\right) \, dt

a \in \mathbb{C} \;\mathbin{\operatorname{and}}\; b \in \mathbb{C} \;\mathbin{\operatorname{and}}\; \operatorname{Re}(a) > 0 \;\mathbin{\operatorname{and}}\; \operatorname{Re}(b) > 0

Definitions:

Fungrim symbol	Notation	Short description
`BetaFunction`	$\mathrm{B}\!\left(a, b\right)$	Beta function
`Integral`	$\int_{a}^{b} f(x) \, dx$	Integral
`Pow`	${a}^{b}$	Power
`Sin`	$\sin(z)$	Sine
`Cos`	$\cos(z)$	Cosine
`Pi`	$\pi$	The constant pi (3.14...)
`CC`	$\mathbb{C}$	Complex numbers
`Re`	$\operatorname{Re}(z)$	Real part

Source code for this entry:

Entry(ID("48910b"),
    Formula(Equal(BetaFunction(a, b), Mul(2, Integral(Mul(Pow(Sin(t), Sub(Mul(2, a), 1)), Pow(Cos(t), Sub(Mul(2, b), 1))), For(t, 0, Div(Pi, 2)))))),
    Variables(a, b),
    Assumptions(And(Element(a, CC), Element(b, CC), Greater(Re(a), 0), Greater(Re(b), 0))))

Topics using this entry

Beta function