An Elementary Proof of Binet's Formula for the Gamma Function

DOI10.2307/2589052MaRDI QIDQ2757351zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zoltán Sasvári

Publication date 26 November 2001

Published in American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/2589052

zbMATH Keywords

Binet's formuladifference equationgamma functionStirling's formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Additive difference equations (39A10)

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