A monotonicity property of the composition of regularized and inverted-regularized gamma functions with applications

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 971-976

  Furman, Edward ^a   Zitikis, Ričardas ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composition; Incomplete gamma function; Inequalities; Insurance; Inverted gamma function; Monotonicity; Regularized gamma function

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249092124     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2008.07.070     Document Type: Article

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