diff --git a/pyscf_ipu/experimental/special.py b/pyscf_ipu/experimental/special.py
index 734c252..0cd06e7 100644
--- a/pyscf_ipu/experimental/special.py
+++ b/pyscf_ipu/experimental/special.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 from jax import lax
 from jax.ops import segment_sum
-from jax.scipy.special import betaln, gammaln
+from jax.scipy.special import betaln, gammainc, gammaln
 
 from .types import FloatN, IntN
 from .units import LMAX
@@ -77,7 +77,25 @@ def binom_lookup(x: IntN, y: IntN, nmax: int = LMAX) -> IntN:
 binom = binom_lookup
 
 
-def gammanu(nu: IntN, t: FloatN, num_terms: int = 128) -> FloatN:
+def gammanu_gamma(nu: IntN, t: FloatN, epsilon: float = 1e-10) -> FloatN:
+    """
+    eq 2.11 from THO but simplified using SymPy and converted to jax
+
+        t, u = symbols("t u", real=True, positive=True)
+        nu = Symbol("nu", integer=True, nonnegative=True)
+
+        expr = simplify(integrate(u ** (2 * nu) * exp(-t * u**2), (u, 0, 1)))
+        f = lambdify((nu, t), expr, modules="scipy")
+        ?f
+
+    We evaulate this in log-space to avoid overflow/nan
+    """
+    x = nu + 0.5
+    gn = jnp.log(0.5) - x * jnp.log(t) + jnp.log(gammainc(x, t)) + gammaln(x)
+    return jnp.where(t <= epsilon, 1 / (2 * nu + 1), jnp.exp(gn))
+
+
+def gammanu_series(nu: IntN, t: FloatN, num_terms: int = 128) -> FloatN:
     """
     eq 2.11 from THO but simplified as derived in equation 19 of gammanu.ipynb
     """
@@ -93,6 +111,9 @@ def gammanu(nu: IntN, t: FloatN, num_terms: int = 128) -> FloatN:
     return jnp.exp(-t) / 2 * total
 
 
+gammanu = gammanu_series
+
+
 def binom_factor(i: int, j: int, a: float, b: float, lmax: int = LMAX) -> FloatN:
     """
     Eq. 15 from Augspurger JD, Dykstra CE. General quantum mechanical operators. An