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===Generalization=== The exponential integral may also be generalized to :<math>E_n(x) = \int_1^\infty \frac{e^{-xt}}{t^n}\, dt,</math> which can be written as a special case of the upper [[incomplete gamma function]]:<ref>Abramowitz and Stegun, p. 230, 5.1.45</ref> : <math>E_n(x) =x^{n-1}\Gamma(1-n,x).</math> The generalized form is sometimes called the Misra function<ref>After Misra (1940), p. 178</ref> <math>\varphi_m(x)</math>, defined as :<math>\varphi_m(x)=E_{-m}(x).</math> Many properties of this generalized form can be found in the [https://dlmf.nist.gov/8.19 NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions.] Including a logarithm defines the generalized integro-exponential function<ref>Milgram (1985)</ref> :<math>E_s^j(z)= \frac{1}{\Gamma(j+1)}\int_1^\infty \left(\log t\right)^j \frac{e^{-zt}}{t^s}\,dt.</math>
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