On Generalized Gamma Functions Occurring in Diffraction Theory*

Abstract

As a generalization of the Gamma function defined for a single complex variable, a new special function called a generalized Gamma function, defined for two complex variables and a positive integer, is introduced, and several important analytical properties are investigated in detail, which include regularity, asymptotic expansions and analytic continuations. Furthermore, as a function closely related to a generalized Gamma function, a generalized incomplete Gamma function, which is a generalization of the incomplete Gamma function, is also introduced, and some fundamental properties are investigated briefly.