Stirling's formula for gamma functions, bounds for ratios of gamma functions, beta functions and percentiles of a studentized sample mean: a synthesis with new results

DOI10.1007/s11009-015-9473-4zbMath1379.33003OpenAlexW2305397776MaRDI QIDQ2404183

Mun S. Son, Nitis Mukhopadhyay

Publication date: 18 September 2017

Published in: Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11009-015-9473-4

zbMATH Keywords

beta functiongamma functionconcavityconvexityJensen's inequalitycentral limit theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Inequalities involving other types of functions (26D07)

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