Two new proofs of the complete monotonicity of a function involving the PSI function

Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-111

  Guo, Bai Ni ^a   Qi, Feng ^b  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Completely monotonic function; Inequality; New proof; Psi function

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749320848     PISSN: 10158634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4134/BKMS.2010.47.1.103     Document Type: Article

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