Complete monotonicity and logarithmically complete monotonicity properties for the gamma and psi functions

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 812-822

  Chen, Chao Ping ^a  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complete monotonicity; Gamma function; Logarithmically complete monotonicity; Psi function

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548104410     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2007.03.028     Document Type: Article

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