The q-analogue of Stirling's formula (Q793205)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3855500
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3855500 |
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The q-analogue of Stirling's formula (English)
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1984
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A version of Stirling's formula for the q-gamma function is given which is uniform in q for q close to 1, and reduces to Stirling's formula when \(q=1\). This can be used to compute \(\prod^{\infty}_{n=0}(1-aq^ n)\) when \(0<q<1\) and q is close to 1.
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Stirling's formula
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q-gamma function
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0.8077985048294067
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0.796810507774353
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0.7943928241729736
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