A Precision Approximation of the Gamma Function

DOI10.1137/0701008zbMath0136.05201OpenAlexW2062898928WikidataQ57255116 ScholiaQ57255116MaRDI QIDQ5509121

Kornel Lanczos

Publication date: 1964

Published in: Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Series B Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0701008

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special functions

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