A Simpler Probabilistic Proof of a Wallis-type Formula for the Gamma Function

Posted byCalvin Wooyoung ChinPosted inNotesTags:, , , , , ,

We simplify our probabilistic proof of a Wallis-type formula for the Gamma function by using Gamma distributions instead of normal distributions.

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