A completely monotone function related to the gamma function (Q5946595)

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A completely monotone function related to the gamma function
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1659270

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    A completely monotone function related to the gamma function (English)
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    22 July 2002
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    The authors consider the function \[ f(z) = {\log{\Gamma(z+1)} \over z\log{z}} , \] which is holomorphic in \(\mathbb C \setminus (-\infty,0]\), and they show that the reciprocal function \(1/f\) can be represented as a Stieltjes transform. From this it follows that the derivative \(f'\) is completely monotone, that is \((-1)^{n-1}f^{(n)}(x) \geq 0\) for all \(n \in \mathbb N\) and all \(x>0\).
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    gamma function
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    completely monotone function
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