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New integral formulas involving the Meijer G-function are derived using recent results concerning distributional characterisations and distributional transformations in probability theory.
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Gaunt, R.E. A probabilistic proof of some integral formulas involving the Meijer G-function. Ramanujan J 45, 253–264 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-016-9867-0
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