Two families of approximations for the gamma function

DOI10.1007/s11075-012-9671-xzbMath1285.65012MaRDI QIDQ383512

Lei Feng, Weiping Wang

Publication date: 4 December 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11075-012-9671-x

zbMATH Keywords

gamma function; Stirling's formula; numerical comparison; Nemes' formula; Luschny's formula; Stieltjes formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

33B15: Gamma, beta and polygamma functions

65D20: Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables

33F05: Numerical approximation and evaluation of special functions

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