On Stieltjes’ continued fraction for the gamma function
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- by Bruce W. Char PDF
- Math. Comp. 34 (1980), 547-551 Request permission
Abstract:
The first forty-one coefficients of a continued fraction for $\ln \Gamma (z) + z - (z - 1/2) \ln z - \ln \sqrt {2\pi }$ , are given. The computation, based on Wall’s algorithm for converting a function’s power series representation to a continued fraction representation, was run on the algebraic manipulation system MACSYMA.$^{\ast \ast }$References
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- © Copyright 1980 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Math. Comp. 34 (1980), 547-551
- MSC: Primary 65A05; Secondary 65D20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1980-0559203-3
- MathSciNet review: 559203