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Monotonicity of some functions involving the gamma and psi functions
Author:
Stamatis Koumandos
Journal:
Math. Comp. 77 (2008), 2261-2275
MSC (2000):
Primary 33B15; Secondary 26D20, 26D15
Posted:
May 14, 2008
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2429884
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Abstract: Let , where is Euler's gamma function. We determine conditions for the numbers so that the function is strongly completely monotonic on . Through this result we obtain some inequalities involving the ratio of gamma functions and provide some applications in the context of trigonometric sum estimation. We also give several other examples of strongly completely monotonic functions defined in terms of and functions. Some limiting and particular cases are also considered.
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Stamatis Koumandos
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Cyprus, P. O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
Email:
skoumand@ucy.ac.cy
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-08-02140-6
PII:
S 0025-5718(08)02140-6
Keywords:
Gamma function,
psi function,
completely monotonic functions
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Posted:
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