A class of logarithmically completely monotonic functions and the best bounds in the first Kershaw's double inequality

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1007-1014

  Qi, Feng ^a,b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Best bound; Extension; Gamma function; Generalization; J.G. Wendel's inequality; Logarithmically completely monotonic function; Open problem; Refinement; The first Kershaw's double inequality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; EULER EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

GAMMA FUNCTION; J.G. WENDEL'S INEQUALITY; LOGARITHMICALLY COMPLETELY MONOTONIC FUNCTION; OPEN PROBLEM; THE FIRST KERSHAW'S DOUBLE INEQUALITY;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

EID: 34047143717     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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