Relationship Between Gamma Function and Beta Function
To derive the integral representation of the beta function, write the product of two factorials as
Changing variables by putting u=zt, v=z(1-t) shows that this is
Hence
The stated identity may be seen as a particular case of the identity for the integral of a convolution. Taking
- and, one has:
- .
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