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Fedor Petrov
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Complex proof of $B(a,b)=\Gamma(a)\Gamma(b)/\Gamma(a+b)$

It is a question in spirit of this one. Is there a way to proof Euler's formula $$ \int_0^1 x^{a-1}(1-x)^{b-1}dx=\frac{\Gamma(a)\Gamma(b)}{\Gamma(a+b)} $$ using contour integration (and maybe something else, say, integration by parts or change of variables is ok, but double integration and Fubini theorem is not)? For $a=b=1/2$ we get the value of $\Gamma(1/2)$ which is essentially the value the cited question was about.

Fedor Petrov
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