Solution

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Iterating the Gamma function recurrence gives a meromorphic continuation
Near , the numerator is analytic and tends to . Exactly one denominator factor, , vanishes, while all other factors tend to the nonzero product . Therefore
Thus . More precisely, the Gamma function residue at a nonpositive integer is . Taking large enough to put in the original right half-plane also shows that this continuation introduces no other finite poles.

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