How to Integrate the Complementary Error Function with an Exponential Decay?

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Hello,

How to integrate the following integral (or what to use in the table of integrals):

[tex]\int_0^{\infty}\underbrace{\mbox{erfc}\left(\sqrt{\gamma}\right)}_{Complementary Error Function}\,\mbox{e}^{-\gamma}\,d\gamma[/tex]?

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Substitute gamma = t^2 and then do a partial integration where you integrate te factor t exp(-t^2).
 


Count Iblis said:
Substitute gamma = t^2 and then do a partial integration where you integrate te factor t exp(-t^2).

It is solved straightforward by using integration by parts and the Leibniz's rule.

Thanks