Gamma and Factorial in the Monthly
Abstract
The Monthly has published roughly fifty papers on the $\Gamma$ function or Stirling's formula. We survey those papers (discussing only our favourites in any detail) and place them in the context of the larger mathematical literature on $\Gamma$.
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- March 2017
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- arXiv:
- arXiv:1703.05349
- Bibcode:
- 2017arXiv170305349B
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- Mathematics - History and Overview
- E-Print:
- 25 page