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Mathematics of Computation

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1960 (published as Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation 1943-1959), Mathematics of Computation is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in computational mathematics.

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Concerning two series for the gamma function
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Erratum: Math. Comp. 27 (1973), 681-682.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1968 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 22 (1968), 617-626
  • MSC: Primary 65.25
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1968-0237078-4
  • MathSciNet review: 0237078