Leonhard Euler's Integral: A Historical Profile of the Gamma Function: In Memoriam: Milton Abramowitz

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DOI10.2307/2309786zbMath0091.00506OpenAlexW4256694603WikidataQ55967173 ScholiaQ55967173MaRDI QIDQ3265624

Philip J. Davis

Publication date: 1959

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2309786




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