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

DOI10.1007/S11075-015-0070-YzbMATH Open1382.33002OpenAlexW2232465880MaRDI QIDQ306352FDOQ306352

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

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zbMATH Keywords

gamma functionrate of convergencecontinued fractionWindschitl's formulaStirling's formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation by polynomials (41A10) Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Fourier coefficients, Fourier series of functions with special properties, special Fourier series (42A16)

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