An Elementary Proof of Binet's Formula for the Gamma Function

DOI10.2307/2589052zbMath0985.33002OpenAlexW4248904569MaRDI QIDQ2757351

Zoltán Sasvári

Publication date: 26 November 2001

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2589052

zbMATH Keywords

gamma functiondifference equationStirling's formulaBinet's formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Additive difference equations (39A10)

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