Editing Beta function (section)

== Applications ==
The beta function is useful in computing and representing the [[scattering amplitude]] for [[Regge trajectories]]. Furthermore, it was the first known [[S matrix|scattering amplitude]] in [[string theory]], first [[Veneziano amplitude|conjectured]] by [[Gabriele Veneziano]]. It also occurs in the theory of the [[preferential attachment]] process, a type of stochastic [[urn problem|urn process]]. The beta function is also important in statistics, e.g. for the [[beta distribution]] and [[beta prime distribution]]. As briefly alluded to previously, the beta function is closely tied with the [[gamma function]] and plays an important role in [[calculus]].