Acta Mathematica Hungarica

, Volume 129, Issue 3, pp 254–262 | Cite as

Asymptotic expansion for log n! in terms of the reciprocal of a triangular number

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Abstract

Ramanujan suggested an expansion for the nth partial sum of the harmonic series which employs the reciprocal of the nth triangular number. This has been proved in 2006 by Villarino, who speculated that there might also exist a similar expansion for the logarithm of the factorial. This study shows that such an asymptotic expansion indeed exists and provides formulas for its generic coefficient and for the bounds on its errors.

Key words and phrases

approximation asymptotic expansion factorial Ramanujan’s formula 

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification

11B65 41A60 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Loránd Eötvös UniversityBudapestHungary

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