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Why does Mathematica sometimes give Gamma, the funtion and sometimes !, the factorial? What is the differences?
Difference between Gamma function and factorial notation in Mathematica
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Usually factorial is used for integer arguments and Gamma is for non-integers.
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The gamma function gives the factorial function for positive real integer values.
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