A more accurate approximation for the gamma function

DOI10.1016/j.jnt.2015.11.007zbMath1334.33005MaRDI QIDQ266632

Chao-Ping Chen

Publication date: 13 April 2016

Published in: Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2015.11.007

zbMATH Keywords

gamma function; asymptotic expansion; approximation; inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

33B15: Gamma, beta and polygamma functions

41A60: Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.)

26D15: Inequalities for sums, series and integrals

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