Probability Proofs for Stirling (and More): The Ubiquitous Role of 2π.

The Stirling approximation formula for n! dates from 1730. Here we give new and instructive proofs of this and related approximation formulae via tools of probability and statistics. There are connections to the Central Limit Theorem and also to approximations of marginal distributions in Bayesian s...

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Publicado en:	American Statistician Vol. 80; no. 3; pp. 405 - 413
Autores principales:	Hjort, Nils Lid, Stoltenberg, Emil Aas
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2026
Materias:	Central limit theorem Mathematical proofs Bayesian analysis Median (Mathematics) Mathematical formulas History of mathematics Approximation error Distribution (Probability theory)
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