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===Definition by Ein=== Both <math>\operatorname{Ei}</math> and <math>E_1</math> can be written more simply using the [[entire function]] <math>\operatorname{Ein}</math><ref>Abramowitz and Stegun, p. 228, see footnote 3.</ref> defined as :<math> \operatorname{Ein}(z) = \int_0^z (1-e^{-t})\frac{dt}{t} = \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{k+1}z^k}{k\; k!} </math> (note that this is just the alternating series in the above definition of <math>E_1</math>). Then we have :<math> E_1(z) \,=\, -\gamma-\ln z + {\rm Ein}(z) \qquad \left| \operatorname{Arg}(z) \right| < \pi </math> :<math>\operatorname{Ei}(x) \,=\, \gamma+\ln{x} - \operatorname{Ein}(-x) \qquad x \neq 0 </math> The function <math>\operatorname{Ein}</math> is related to the exponential generating function of the [[harmonic numbers]]: :<math> \operatorname{Ein}(z) = e^{-z} \, \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac {z^n}{n!} H_n </math>
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