Stirling's Formula for the Gamma Function
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Theorem
Let
- $D_\epsilon = \{z \in \C : |\arg(z)| < \pi - \epsilon,\ |z| > 1\}$
Then for any $\epsilon > 0$ the gamma function satisfies:
- $\displaystyle \Gamma(z) = \sqrt{\frac{2\pi}z}\left( \frac ze\right)^z\left(1 + \mathcal O\left( z^{-1} \right) \right)$
for all $z \in D_\epsilon$.
In logarithmic form the error term is given in the following:
- $\displaystyle \log \Gamma(z) = \left(z - \frac12\right)\log z - z + \frac{\log 2\pi}2 + \sum_{n = 1}^{d-1} \frac{B_{2n}}{2n(2n-1)z^{2n-1}} + \mathcal O\left( z^{1-2d} \right)$
Where $B_{2k}$ are the Bernoulli numbers.
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Source of Name
This entry was named for James Stirling.
