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[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just scrolled down to the formula... How is that independent of lambda, and ehat does the n-1 subscript mean?

[–] sleep_deprived@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I think the math is beyond me, but the subscript notation seems to be defined on page 2 as the Pochhammer symbol, a~b~ = Γ(a+b)/Γ(a).