relationship between incomplete gamma intergrals and sum of

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hello i was wondering if anyone could help me with this problem

the problem says: The relationship between incomplete gamma intergrals and sums of Poisson probabilities is given by

1/ gamma(alpha) intergral from lambda to infinity y^(alpha - 1) e^-lamdba dx =

sum from y=1 to alpha -1 (lambda^y e^-lamba)/y!

for integer values of alpha. If Y has a gamma distribution with alpha = 2 and
beta =1. find P(Y>1)

i used the general forumal for gamma distributions and got

p(Y>1) = intergral from 1 to infinity y^1 e^-y dy =

-ye^-y evaluated from 1 to infinity - intergral from 1 to infinity -e^-y dy=

0 + e^-1 -(0 - e^-1) = 2e^-1

i don't understand what the forumlas that were in given in the problem are used for
 
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