A class of logarithmically completely monotonic functions and application to the best bounds in the second Gautschi-Kershaw's inequality

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 538-543

  Qi, Feng ^a,b  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gamma function; Gautschi Kershaw's inequality; Logarithmically completely monotonic function; Psi function; Wallis's ratio

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; NUMBER THEORY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

GAMMA FUNCTION; GAUTSCHI-KERSHAW'S INEQUALITY; LOGARITHMICALLY COMPLETELY MONOTONIC FUNCTION; PSI FUNCTION; WALLIS'S RATIO;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 58149354848     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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