Integral representation of the Euler-Mascheroni constant

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The forum discussion centers on proving the integral representation of the Euler-Mascheroni constant, specifically the relation \(\gamma = -\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-t} \log(t) dt\). The user attempted various methods, including integration by parts and power series, but did not succeed in demonstrating the identity. A referenced article provides a solid proof using the Weierstrass product of the Gamma function, which was not easily found despite extensive searching.

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I am trying to prove a specific representation of Euler's constant, but I am not really getting anywhere. I hoped you could help me with this one, because I looked it up on the Internet and even though the relation itself is found in many webpages, its proof is in none. The relation is
\gamma=-\int_{0}^{\infty}e^{-t}\log(t)dt
I tried integrating by parts and integrating term by term using power series, but none of them show the identity. Thanks for your help from now.
 
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Thanks for the article. It comes up with a pretty good proof using the Weierstrass product of the Gamma function.

I sincerely wonder how I could not find that one with two hours of searching.
 

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