How does one evaluate $\int {e^{x^n}}dx$, where $n$ is a natural number?

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I have quite an interesting question to ask.

How does one evaluate the following indefinite integral?

$$I = \int {e^{x^n}}dx$$

Note: $n$ is a natural number ($n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...$).


It would be best if the incomplete gamma function is used:

$$\Gamma (s, x) = \int^{\infty}_x {t^{s - 1}e^{-t}}dt$$

Here is what I have done:

$$I = \int {e^{x^n}}dx$$

$$\text {Let } y = - x^n\text {.}$$

$$\frac {dy}{dx} = - n x^{n - 1}$$

$$dx = \cfrac {dy}{-nx^{n - 1}}$$

$$\text {Since } y = - x^n\text {,}$$

$$x = (-y)^{\frac {1}{n}}$$

$$\text {Therefore,}$$

$$dx = \frac {dy}{-n(-y)^{{\frac {1}{n}}{(n - 1)}}}$$

$$\text {Thus,}$$

$$I = \int {e^{-y}\cdot {\frac {dy}{-n(-y)^{{\frac {1}{n}}{(n - 1)}}}}}$$

$$I = -\frac {1}{n}\int {e^{-y}\cdot {(-y)^{{-\frac {1}{n}}{(n - 1)}}} \; dy}$$

$$I = -\frac {1}{n}\int {(-y)^{\frac {1}{n} - 1}}\cdot {e^{-y} \; dy}$$

How does one proceed to incorporate the incomplete gamma function?

Looking forward to a response! Also, I'm still new to MSE, so I would really appreciate any and all feedback. Thank you!