A submultiplicative property of the psi function (Q1300796)

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A submultiplicative property of the psi function
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    A submultiplicative property of the psi function (English)
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    28 August 2000
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    The main result offered by the authors is that \(\Gamma'(xy+t)\Gamma(x+t)\Gamma(y+t) \leq \Gamma(xy+t)\Gamma'(x+t)\Gamma'(y+t)\) for all nonnegative \(x\) and \(y\) iff \(t\geq a\) where \(\Gamma\) is Euler's gamma function and \(a\) is the only positive number with \(\Gamma'(a)=\Gamma(a).\) They offer also a similar result with subadditivity in place of submultiplicity of \(\psi=\Gamma'/\Gamma\) and with \(\Gamma'(a)=0\) in place of \(\Gamma'(a)=\Gamma(a).\)
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    functional inequalities
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    submultiplicativity
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    subadditivity
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    gamma and digamma (psi) function
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