Stirling's approximation and a hidden link between two of Ramanujan's approximations

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2023.105740arXiv2208.02898MaRDI QIDQ6407036FDOQ6407036

Publication date: 4 August 2022

Abstract: A conjectured relation between Ramanujan's asymptotic approximations to the exponential function and the exponential integral is established. The proof involves Stirling numbers, second-order Eulerian numbers, modifications of both of these, and Stirling's approximation to the gamma function. Our work provides new information about the coefficients in Stirling's approximation and their connection to Ramanujan's approximation coefficients. A more analytic second proof of the main result is also included in an appendix.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Exact enumeration problems, generating functions (05A15) Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Bell and Stirling numbers (11B73) Combinatorial identities, bijective combinatorics (05A19) Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15)

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