Completely monotonic function associated with the gamma functions and proof of Wallis' inequality

Tamkang Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-307

  Chen, Chao Ping ^a   Qi, Feng ^a  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complete monotonicity; Gamma function; Wallis' inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645570583     PISSN: 00492930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5556/j.tkjm.36.2005.101     Document Type: Article

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