The density of the G(α, β) distribution is
f(x) = Γ(α)-1 β-α e-x/β, xα-1,
on the interval (0,infinity) where Γ(x) reprresents the gamma function.
The G(1,β) distribution is the exponential distribution, E(β).
The sum of k independent E(β) random variables
has distribution G(k,β)