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David Handelman
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Recognize this sum

I have strong feeling that the function, $$ f_\alpha (x) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!\Gamma(1+n\alpha)}, $$ is a known special function (here $\Gamma(x)$ is the usual extension of the factorial). Is this the case?

Daniel Parry
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