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Stirling's formula

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: Stirling's formula
(′stir·liŋz ′för·myə·lə)

(mathematics) The expression (n/e)n√(2πn) is asymptotic to factorial n; that is, the limit as n goes to ∞ of their ratio is 1.


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