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Nonrigorous proofs of Stirling's formula
Mathematics and computer education, Vol.47(2), pp.115-125
04/01/2013
Abstract
Stirling's formula plays important roles in statistics and statistical physics, and has many applications. Two well-known applications are the normal approximation to the binomial and the approximation of Catalan numbers. Here, Bagui et al present three different proof of Stirling's formula.
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- Title
- Nonrigorous proofs of Stirling's formula
- Publication Details
- Mathematics and computer education, Vol.47(2), pp.115-125
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- M A T Y C Journal, Inc.
- Copyright
- © M A T Y C Journal, Inc.
- Identifiers
- 99380178995606600
- Academic Unit
- Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering ; Computer Science; Mathematics and Statistics
- Language
- English