I Curiosity: there exists the exponential integral?

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The discussion centers on the generalization of the product integral (type II) using the tetration function. The product integral is defined similarly to the definite integral, replacing summation with multiplication and using powers of dx. The proposed generalization involves an expression using tetration, denoted as EXP_{a}^{b}f(x)↑↑dx, which aims to extend the concept to real heights. A participant mentions that for a positive function f(x), the product integral can also be represented as e^{∫_a^b log f(x)dx}. The conversation seeks clarity on the definition of tetration for non-integer values.
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Hi, my question regard the possibility to consider a generalization on the product integral (of type II). The product integral is defined in analogy to the definite integral where instead the limit of a sum there is a limit of a product and, instead the multiplication by ##dx## there is the power of ##dx##, in other terms:

\prod_{a}^{b}f(x)^{dx}\,=\, \lim_{n\rightarrow +\infty} \prod_{i=1}^{n}f(x_{i})^{\Delta x_{i}}

considering a reasonable partition of the interval ##(a,b)##, (you can find references on wiki with a lot of details for product integral of type II or others on the web).
The question is, there is a generalization of this by "analogy'' using exponentiation and tetration function (extended to real heights), this will be formally:

EXP_{a}^{b}f(x)\uparrow \uparrow dx\,=\, \lim_{n\rightarrow +\infty} \left(f(x_{i})\uparrow \uparrow\Delta x_{i}\right)^{\left(f(x_{i})\uparrow \uparrow\Delta x_{i}\right)^{(\cdots)}}\ \ (n-times)

where ##\uparrow\uparrow## is the tetration function ?
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Ssnow said:
Hi, my question regard the possibility to consider a generalization on the product integral (of type II). The product integral is defined in analogy to the definite integral where instead the limit of a sum there is a limit of a product and, instead the multiplication by dx there is the power of dx, in other terms:

∏abf(x)dx=limn→+∞∏i=1nf(xi)Δxi

considering a reasonable partition of the interval (a,b), (you can find references on wiki with a lot of details for product integral of type II or others on the web).
Say f(x)>0, it would be
e^{\int_a^b \log f(x)dx}

I am not sure of the definition of ##\uparrow\uparrow c## where c is not integer. Could you show it to me ?
 
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anuttarasammyak said:
Say f(x)>0, it would be
e^{\int_a^b \log f(x)dx}
This is another form for the product integral ...
 

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