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Stirlingův vzorec
Thesis title in Czech: Stirlingův vzorec
Thesis title in English: Stirling's formula
Key words: faktoriál, aproximace, Abraham de Moivre, James Stirling, mocninné řady, integrál závislý na parametru
English key words: factorial, approximation, Abraham de Moivre, James Stirling, power series, integral depending on a parameter
Academic year of topic announcement: 2015/2016
Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
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Department: Department of Mathematics Education (32-KDM)
Supervisor: Mgr. Zdeněk Halas, DiS., Ph.D.
Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
Date of registration: 21.03.2016
Date of assignment: 27.06.2016
Confirmed by Study dept. on: 11.07.2016
Guidelines
Práce bude obsahovat odvození Stirlingova vzorce. Důraz bude přitom kladen na srozumitelnost a zajímavé matematické postupy.
Následně budou ukázány jednoduché možnosti zpřesnění této aproximace faktoriálu. Text bude doplněn historickými poznámkami.
References
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Diaconis P., Freedman D.: An Elementary Proof of Stirling's Formula. American Mathematical Monthly, 93 (1986), No. 2, 123-125.
Coleman A. J.: A Simple Proof of Stirling's Formula. American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 58 (1951), pp. 334-336.
Bauer F. L.: Remark on Stirling’s Formulas and on Approximations for the Double Factorial. Mathematical Intelligencer, 28, 2 (2006), 10-21.
Batir N.: Inequalities for the gamma function. Arch. Math. (Basel), 91 (2008), 554-563.
Dutka J.: The early history of the factorial function. Archive for History of Exact Sciences, September 1991, Volume 43, Issue 3, pp 225-249.
Robbins H.: A Remark on Stirling's Formula. MAA, American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 62, No. 1 (Jan., 1955), pp. 26-29.
 
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