A quicker continued fraction approximation of the gamma function related to the Windschitl's formula

DOI10.1007/s11075-015-0070-yzbMath1382.33002MaRDI QIDQ306352

Congxu Ma, Dawei Lu, Lixin Song

Publication date: 31 August 2016

Published in: Numerical Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11075-015-0070-y

zbMATH Keywords

gamma function; rate of convergence; continued fraction; Stirling's formula; Windschitl's formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

33B15: Gamma, beta and polygamma functions

41A10: Approximation by polynomials

42A16: Fourier coefficients, Fourier series of functions with special properties, special Fourier series

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