Stirling's approximation

name

Etymology

Named after James Stirling, though first stated by Abraham de Moivre.

Definitions

  1. An accurate approximation for factorials.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Stirling's approximation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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