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A Short Proof of Stirling's Formula.

Authors :
Hongwei Lou
Source :
American Mathematical Monthly. Feb2014, Vol. 121 Issue 2, p154-157. 4p.
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

The article offers information on proof of Stirling's Formula given by authors P. Diaconis and D. Freedman. Topics include use of convergence methods that provide short proof of Stirling's formula and its refinement, explanation of terms in the formula including Euler's Gamma function and the MacLaurin's series, and calculations involved for the proof of the formula.

Subjects

Subjects :
*GAMMA functions
*MACLAURIN'S series (Mathematics)
*NUMERICAL calculations

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00029890
Volume :
121
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
American Mathematical Monthly
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
94267882
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.121.02.154
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