A new asymptotic series for the Gamma function

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 134-154

  Shi, Xiquan ^a   Liu, Fengshan ^a   Hu, Minghan ^b  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymptotic series; Gamma function; Stirling formula

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; FUNCTIONS;

ASYMPOTOTIC SERIES; GAMMA FUNCTIONS; STIRLING FORMULA; THETA;

ALGEBRA;

EID: 33745251948     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2005.03.081     Document Type: Article

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