Newton series conjecture for the principal inverse gamma function

Let Γ~(x)\tilde{\Gamma}(x) denote the principal branch of the inverse of the gamma function, so that Γ~(x)=y\tilde{\Gamma}(x)=y when Gamma(y)=x Gamma(y)=x. Let alpha=1.4616 alpha=1.4616\ldots be the unique positive number satisfying psi(α)=0 psi(\alpha)=0. Newton series conjecture. The inverse gamma function has the representation

Γ~(x)=2+n=0k=0nk((i=1kln((k+1)!i!))i=1nkln((k+1)!(k+1+i)!))1i=1nln(xi!).\tilde{\Gamma}(x)=2+\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\sum_{k=0}^{n}k\left(\left(\prod_{i=1}^{k}\ln\left(\frac{\left(k+1\right)!}{i!}\right)\right)\prod_{i=1}^{n-k}\ln\left(\frac{\left(k+1\right)!}{\left(k+1+i\right)!}\right)\right)^{-1}\prod_{i=1}^{n}\ln\left(\frac{x}{i!}\right).

The series is conjectured to converge on the interval (Γ(α),)(\Gamma(\alpha),\infty). This would provide a Newton-series representation of the principal inverse gamma function on the stated interval; the parser supplies no evidence resolving the convergence claim.

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David Peter Hadrian Ulgenes, “Series and Product Representations of Gamma, Pseudogamma and Inverse Gamma Functions”, arXiv:2301.09699 (2025).

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