Improving Stirling's formula
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Improving Stirling's formula
zbMATH Open document ID: 1002.33001
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000477
author: Wolfgang Schuster
published in: Archiv der Mathematik
publication date: 2001-10-14T00:00:00Z
review text: Stirling formula for real values of \(x\) \[ \Gamma(x+1) =2\pi x^{x +{1\over 2}}e^{-x} e^{\mu_0(x)}, \quad 0<\mu_0(x) <{1\over 12x},\;x>0, \] is compared with four other formulas. Two of these are \[ \Gamma(x+ \tfrac 12)= \sqrt {2\pi} x^xe^{-x} e^{\mu(\tfrac 12,x)},\;x>0, \] \[ \Gamma(x+\tfrac 12)= \sqrt {2\pi} (x^2-\tfrac {1}{12})^{x/2} e^{-x}e^{\mu_1(x)},\;x>\tfrac{1} {\sqrt {12}}. \] Bounds for the functions \(\mu(\tfrac 12,x)\) and \(\mu_1(x)\) (as well as for the corresponding functions in the other two formulas) are given, and it is shown that all four of the author's formulas are better than Stirling's formula.
reviewed by: Shaun Cooper
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 33B15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 41A60
zbMATH DE Number: 1659426
zbMATH Keywords: gamma function
zbMATH Keywords: Stirling's formula
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