A convexity property and a new characterization of Euler's gamma function

DOI10.1007/s00013-013-0487-2zbMath1273.26014OpenAlexW2024872203MaRDI QIDQ1942313

Horst Alzer, Janusz Matkowski

Publication date: 18 March 2013

Published in: Archiv der Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00013-013-0487-2

zbMATH Keywords

gamma functioninequalitiesfunctional equationcharacterizationconvexconcave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Convexity of real functions in one variable, generalizations (26A51) Inequalities involving other types of functions (26D07)

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