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Roots of the incomplete gamma function

Is there any way that one can describe all the roots of the incomplete gamma function $\Gamma(n,z)$, for $n\in \mathbb{N}$, analytically?
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1answer
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Spherical Bessel Zero's

I was wondering if there is a known closed form solution for the zeros of the Spherical Bessel Functions. While doing a Quantum assignment I came across them as a solution for the spherical infinite ...
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1answer
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density of roots of a family of polynomials: $(1-x^2)^{v+n}$

My research has brought me to the following, very general problem. Given a fixed, but arbitrary, natural number, $\displaystyle v$, consider the following family of polynomials: The $\displaystyle ...
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Roots of Legendre Polynomial

I was wondering if the following properties of the Legendre polynomials are true in general. They hold for the first ten or fifteen polynomials. Are the roots always simple (i.e., multiplicity $1$)? ...