Logarithmically completely monotonic functions relating to the gamma function

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 321, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 405-411

  Chen, Chao Ping ^a   Qi, Feng ^a  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gamma function; Inequality; Logarithmically completely monotonic function; Mean value

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646338597     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2005.08.056     Document Type: Article

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