POCHHAMMER _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ operator

The Pochhammer operator implements the Pochhammer notation (shifted factorial).

syntax:

examples:

pochhammer(17,4); 

  116280 



pochhammer(1/2,z); 

    factorial(2*z)
  --------------------
    2*z
  (2   *factorial(z))

A number of complex rules for Pochhammer are inactive, be cause they cause a huge system load in algebraic mode. If one wants to use more rules for the simplification of Pochhammer's notation, one can do:

let special!*pochhammer!*rules;