A new fast asymptotic series for the gamma function

DOI10.1007/s11139-014-9589-0zbMath1329.33003OpenAlexW2107242677MaRDI QIDQ895645

Cristinel Mortici

Publication date: 4 December 2015

Published in: The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-014-9589-0

zbMATH Keywords

gamma functionapproximationsasymptotic seriesStirling formulaspeed of convergencetwo-sided inequalities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Approximation by polynomials (41A10) Fourier coefficients, Fourier series of functions with special properties, special Fourier series (42A16)

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