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Bounds and inequalities for the gamma function

Table of contents: Real argument - Complex argument - Derivatives

Related topics: Gamma function

Real argument

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arg min*⁡x∈(0,∞)Γ(x)∈[1.46163214496836234126265954233±4.28⋅10−30]\mathop{\operatorname{arg\,min*}}\limits_{x \in \left(0, \infty\right)} \Gamma(x) \in \left[1.46163214496836234126265954233 \pm 4.28 \cdot 10^{-30}\right]
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min⁡x∈(0,∞)Γ(x)∈[0.885603194410888700278815900583±4.12⋅10−31]\mathop{\min}\limits_{x \in \left(0, \infty\right)} \Gamma(x) \in \left[0.885603194410888700278815900583 \pm 4.12 \cdot 10^{-31}\right]
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min⁡x∈(0,∞)log⁡Γ(x)∈[−0.121486290535849608095514557178±3.09⋅10−31]\mathop{\min}\limits_{x \in \left(0, \infty\right)} \log \Gamma(x) \in \left[-0.121486290535849608095514557178 \pm 3.09 \cdot 10^{-31}\right]
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Γ(x)>(2π)1/2xx−1/2e−x\Gamma(x) > {\left(2 \pi\right)}^{1 / 2} {x}^{x - 1 / 2} {e}^{-x}
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Γ(x)<(2π)1/2xx−1/2e−xexp⁡ ⁣(112x)\Gamma(x) < {\left(2 \pi\right)}^{1 / 2} {x}^{x - 1 / 2} {e}^{-x} \exp\!\left(\frac{1}{12 x}\right)
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log⁡Γ(x)>(x−12)log⁡(x)−x+log⁡ ⁣(2π)2+∑k=12nB2k2k(2k−1)x2k−1\log \Gamma(x) > \left(x - \frac{1}{2}\right) \log(x) - x + \frac{\log\!\left(2 \pi\right)}{2} + \sum_{k=1}^{2 n} \frac{B_{2 k}}{2 k \left(2 k - 1\right) {x}^{2 k - 1}}
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log⁡Γ(x)<(x−12)log⁡(x)−x+log⁡ ⁣(2π)2+∑k=12n+1B2k2k(2k−1)x2k−1\log \Gamma(x) < \left(x - \frac{1}{2}\right) \log(x) - x + \frac{\log\!\left(2 \pi\right)}{2} + \sum_{k=1}^{2 n + 1} \frac{B_{2 k}}{2 k \left(2 k - 1\right) {x}^{2 k - 1}}

Complex argument

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∣Γ(z)∣>0\left|\Gamma(z)\right| > 0
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∣1Γ(z)∣<∞\left|\frac{1}{\Gamma(z)}\right| < \infty
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∣Γ(z)∣≤(2π)1/2∣z∣x−1/2e−π∣y∣/2exp⁡ ⁣(16∣z∣)   where z=x+yi\left|\Gamma(z)\right| \le {\left(2 \pi\right)}^{1 / 2} {\left|z\right|}^{x - 1 / 2} {e}^{-\pi \left|y\right| / 2} \exp\!\left(\frac{1}{6 \left|z\right|}\right)\; \text{ where } z = x + y i
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∣Γ(z)∣≤(2π)1/2∣zz−1/2e−z∣exp⁡ ⁣(16∣z∣)\left|\Gamma(z)\right| \le {\left(2 \pi\right)}^{1 / 2} \left|{z}^{z - 1 / 2} {e}^{-z}\right| \exp\!\left(\frac{1}{6 \left|z\right|}\right)
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∣Γ(z)∣≥(2π)1/2∣zz−1/2e−z∣exp⁡ ⁣(−16∣z∣)\left|\Gamma(z)\right| \ge {\left(2 \pi\right)}^{1 / 2} \left|{z}^{z - 1 / 2} {e}^{-z}\right| \exp\!\left(-\frac{1}{6 \left|z\right|}\right)
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∣Γ ⁣(yi)∣=πysinh⁡ ⁣(πy)\left|\Gamma\!\left(y i\right)\right| = \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{y \sinh\!\left(\pi y\right)}}
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∣Γ ⁣(12+yi)∣=πcosh⁡ ⁣(πy)\left|\Gamma\!\left(\frac{1}{2} + y i\right)\right| = \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{\cosh\!\left(\pi y\right)}}
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∣Γ ⁣(1+yi)∣=πysinh⁡ ⁣(πy)\left|\Gamma\!\left(1 + y i\right)\right| = \sqrt{\frac{\pi y}{\sinh\!\left(\pi y\right)}}
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∣Γ ⁣(x+yi)∣=∣Γ(x)∣∏k=0∞(1+y2(x+k)2)−1/2\left|\Gamma\!\left(x + y i\right)\right| = \left|\Gamma(x)\right| \prod_{k=0}^{\infty} {\left(1 + \frac{{y}^{2}}{{\left(x + k\right)}^{2}}\right)}^{-1 / 2}
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∣Γ ⁣(x+yi)∣≤∣Γ(x)∣\left|\Gamma\!\left(x + y i\right)\right| \le \left|\Gamma(x)\right|
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∣Γ ⁣(x+yi)∣<∣Γ ⁣(x+ti)∣\left|\Gamma\!\left(x + y i\right)\right| < \left|\Gamma\!\left(x + t i\right)\right|
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∣Γ ⁣(x+yi)∣≥Γ(x)cosh⁡ ⁣(πy)\left|\Gamma\!\left(x + y i\right)\right| \ge \frac{\Gamma(x)}{\sqrt{\cosh\!\left(\pi y\right)}}
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∣Γ ⁣(x+yi)∣≥Γ(x)e−π∣y∣/2\left|\Gamma\!\left(x + y i\right)\right| \ge \Gamma(x) {e}^{-\pi \left|y\right| / 2}
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∣1Γ(z)∣≤eπR/2RR+1/2   where R=∣z∣\left|\frac{1}{\Gamma(z)}\right| \le {e}^{\pi R / 2} {R}^{R + 1 / 2}\; \text{ where } R = \left|z\right|

Derivatives

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∣1n![dndxn1Γ(x)]x=0∣≤2n!\left|\frac{1}{n !} \left[ \frac{d^{n}}{{d x}^{n}} \frac{1}{\Gamma(x)} \right]_{x = 0}\right| \le \frac{2}{\sqrt{n !}}

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