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<B>POCHHAMMER</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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The <em>Pochhammer</em> operator implements the Pochhammer notation 
(shifted factorial). 
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<em>Pochhammer</em>(&lt;expression&gt;,&lt;expression&gt;) 
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pochhammer(17,4); 

  116280 



pochhammer(1/2,z); 

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

</TT></PRE><P>A number of complex rules for <em>Pochhammer</em> 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: 
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let special!*pochhammer!*rules; 
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