Bounds for the logarithm of the Euler gamma function and its derivatives

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2015.08.034zbMATH Open1331.33002arXiv1508.03267OpenAlexW2963816693MaRDI QIDQ499186FDOQ499186

Harold G. Diamond, Armin Straub

Publication date: 30 September 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider differences between $logGamma(x)$ and truncations of certain classical asymptotic expansions in inverse powers of $x-lambda$ whose coefficients are expressed in terms of Bernoulli polynomials $B_n(lambda)$, and we obtain conditions under which these differences are strictly completely monotonic. In the symmetric cases $lambda=0$ and $lambda=1/2$, we recover results of Sonin, N"orlund and Alzer. Also we show how to derive these asymptotic expansions using the functional equation of the logarithmic derivative of the Euler gamma function, the representation of $1/x$ as a difference $F(x+1)-F(x)$, and a backward induction.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.03267

zbMATH Keywords

gamma functionasymptotic expansioninequalitiesBernoulli polynomialspsi functioncomplete monotonicity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15)

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