Inequalities and monotonicity for the ratio of gamma functions

Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-247

  Guo, Bai Ni ^a   Qi, Feng ^a  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Digamma function; Gamma function; Geometric means; Inequality; Monotonicity; Natural number; Ratio; Stirling's formula

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345648512     PISSN: 10275487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11650/twjm/1500575061     Document Type: Article

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