2017/03/15 by Jonathan M. Borwein, Borwein, Jonathan M., Robert M. Corless +1
Mathematics · #Approximation Theory and Sequence Spaces #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #Mathematical Inequalities and Applications #Mathematical functions and polynomials
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1703.05349
openalex publication_date 2017/03/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Monthly has published roughly fifty papers on the Γ 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 Γ.