Stirling's approximation
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Stirling's approximation
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In mathematics, Stirling's approximation is an asymptotic approximation for factorials. It is a good approximation, leading to accurate results even for small values of n. It is named after James Stirling, though a related but less precise result was first stated by Abraham de Moivre. One way of stating the approximation involves the logarithm of the factorial: ln = n ln n − n + O, where the big O notation means that, for all sufficiently large values of n, the difference between ln and n
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Approximation for factorials
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2002-11-26T00:47:15Z
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