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Inequalities for the Gamma function and estimates for the volume of sections of
Author(s):
Jesús
Bastero;
Fernando
Galve;
Ana
Peña;
Miguel
Romance
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
130
(2002),
183-192.
MSC (2000):
Primary 52A21, 33B15;
Secondary 46B20
Posted:
June 8, 2001
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Abstract:
Let and let be a -dimensional subspace of . We prove that , for and whenever . We also consider and other related cases. We obtain sharp inequalities involving Gamma function in order to get these results.
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Jesús
Bastero
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Email:
bastero@posta.unizar.es
Fernando
Galve
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Email:
two@maths.univ.edu.au
Ana
Peña
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Email:
anap@posta.unizar.es
Miguel
Romance
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Email:
mromance@posta.unizar.es
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-01-06139-1
PII:
S 0002-9939(01)06139-1
Keywords:
Gamma function,
inequalities,
sections of convex bodies
Received by editor(s):
May 31, 2000
Posted:
June 8, 2001
Additional Notes:
The first, the third and the fourth authors were supported in part by a DGES Grant (Spain).
The fourth author was also supported by an FPI Grant (Spain).
Communicated by:
N. Tomczak-Jaegermann
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2001,
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