Gamma function asymptotics by an extension of the method of steepest descents

DOI10.1098/RSPA.1994.0158MaRDI QIDQ4833591zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors William G. C. Boyd

Publication date 21 January 1996

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1994.0158

zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-functionadjacent saddlesasymptoticsbounds for the remainder termsteepest descent

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60)

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