# $\frac{\Gamma(r)\Gamma(s)\Gamma(k)}{\Gamma(r+s+k)}$ as a nice integral?

I saw the beta function:

$$\frac{\Gamma(r)\Gamma(s)}{\Gamma(r+s)}= \int_0^1 t^{(r-1)}(1-t)^{(s-1)} dt$$

and got me wondering if I could do something similar the product of 3 or more gamma functions. What I mean is is there a nice form to express:

$$\frac{\Gamma(r)\Gamma(s)\Gamma(k)}{\Gamma(r+s+k)}$$

as a nice integral?

• $$\int_0^1\int_0^{1-x}x^{r-1}y^{s-1}(1-x-y)^{k-1}dydx$$ – Did Mar 29 '15 at 21:49
• Can you show how you got that? Like how you knew which substitutions to make and all? – drewdles Mar 29 '15 at 21:51
• This is one way of getting integrals of this type, for any number of arguments: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_parametrization – Chappers Mar 29 '15 at 21:55

Yes. In general, let $\Sigma = \{(x_1,\ldots, x_n) \in \Bbb R^n \, |\, x_i\ge 0, \sum x_i \le 1\}$. If $\operatorname{Re}(s_i) > 0$ for all $i$, then
$$\int\cdots \int_\Sigma x_1^{s_1 - 1}x_2^{s_2 - 1}\cdots x_n^{s_n - 1}\, dx_1\cdots\, dx_n = \frac{\Gamma(s_1)\cdots \Gamma(s_n)}{\Gamma(1 + s_1 + \cdots + s_n)}.$$
Using the relation $\Gamma(z + 1) = z \Gamma(z)$, we represent
$$\frac{\Gamma(s_1) \cdots \Gamma(s_n)}{\Gamma(s_1 + \cdots + s_n)} = s\int \cdots \int_{\Sigma} x_1^{s_1 - 1}\cdots x_n^{s_n - 1} dx_1\ldots dx_n$$
where $s = s_1 + \cdots + s_n$.