Computing the Gamma Function Using Contour Integrals and Rational Approximations

DOI10.1137/050646342MaRDI QIDQ5386188zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Thomas Schmelzer, Lloyd N. Trefethen

Publication date 22 April 2008

Published in SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://semanticscholar.org/paper/78ff3d1ee539a5dfdaab4a189c6c70f259fdca00

zbMATH Keywords

gamma functionnumerical quadratureinverse Laplace transformHankel contourTalbot-type contour

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20) Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Numerical approximation and evaluation of special functions (33F05)

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