Gamma function asymptotics by an extension of the method of steepest descents

DOI10.1098/rspa.1994.0158zbMath0829.33001MaRDI QIDQ4833591

William G. C. Boyd

Publication date: 21 January 1996

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1994.0158

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotics; steepest descent; \(\Gamma\)-function; adjacent saddles; bounds for the remainder term

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

33B15: Gamma, beta and polygamma functions

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

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