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Start from I0​(λ)=1/λ. Differentiation under the integral sign gives
In′​(λ)=−In+1​(λ),In​(λ)=(−1)ndλndn​λ1​.
(1)
This interchange is justified locally around any λ>0 by the dominated convergence theorem: the differentiated integrands are bounded by an integrable polynomial times e−λx/2. Successive derivatives of λ−1 give
In​(λ)=λn+1n!​.​
(2)
This is also the integer case of the Gamma function integral after scaling the integration variable.

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