On an asymptotic series of Ramanujan

Ramanujan Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-188

  Yu, Yaming ^a  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansion; Binomial distribution; Central moments; Cumulants; Gamma distribution; Negative binomial distribution; Poisson distribution; Ramanujan's notebooks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894283832     PISSN: 13824090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11139-009-9169-x     Document Type: Article

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