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Named after James Stirling, though first stated by Abraham de Moivre.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stirling's approximation
Today it means: An accurate approximation for factorials. Full definition →
Today it means: An accurate approximation for factorials. Full definition →
Named after James Stirling, though first stated by Abraham de Moivre.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.