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In this paper, we prove that for \(a\ge 31/98\), the function
is strictly increasing (decreasing) and concave (convex) on \(\left( 0,\infty \right) \) if and only if \(a\ge 5281/6068\) (\(a=31/98\)). Moreover, we show that the necessary and sufficient condition for function
for \(a\in \mathbb {R}\) to be completely monotonic on \(\left( 0,\infty \right) \) is also \(a\ge 5281/6068\). These yield some new sharp bounds for the gamma function.
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Yang, ZH., Tian, JF. Monotonicity, convexity, and complete monotonicity of two functions related to the gamma function. RACSAM 113, 3603–3617 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13398-019-00719-z
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