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Indexed by:期刊论文
Date of Publication:2016-08-01
Journal:NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS
Included Journals:SCIE、Scopus
Volume:72
Issue:4
Page Number:865-874
ISSN No.:1017-1398
Key Words:Windschitl's formula; Stirling's formula; Continued fraction; Rate of convergence; Gamma function
Abstract:In this paper, based on the Windschitl's formula, a new continued fraction approximation and some inequalities for the gamma function are established. Finally, for demonstrating the superiority of our new series over the classical ones, some numerical computations are given.