Solving for the Integration Limit for a Gamma Random Variable

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The probability of an event $T$ is given by:

$$ P_{T} = \frac{\beta^{\alpha}}{\Gamma(\alpha)}\displaystyle\int_{\gamma}^{\infty} T^{\alpha-1}e^{\beta T}dT$$

Given that I know $P_{T}$ and $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}_{++}$, $\beta \in \mathbb{R}_{++}$, how can I solve for $\gamma$?

I know if $T$ is Gaussian distributed, it is possible. But what if $T$ is Gamma distributed as it is here?

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As written in the post, the integration requires that $$\Re(\beta )<0\land (\gamma >0\lor \gamma \notin \mathbb{R})$$and the problem finally reduces to finding the zero of$\gamma$ $$f(\gamma)={\Gamma (\alpha ,\beta \gamma )}-P_T\,{\Gamma (\alpha )}$$ which requires numerical methods (just as angryavian already commented).

From a practical point of view and for numerical efficiency, it would probably be better to find the zero of $$g(\gamma)=\log\left({\Gamma (\alpha ,\beta \gamma )} \right)-\log\left(P_T\,{\Gamma (\alpha )} \right)$$ which is more linear (making Newton happier).