Chapter 11: Q11.4P (page 554)
Use Stirling’s formula to evaluate.
Short Answer
The value of the function is.
Chapter 11: Q11.4P (page 554)
Use Stirling’s formula to evaluate.
The value of the function is.
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The integral is called an incomplete function. [Note that if x = 0, this integral is.] By repeated integration by parts, find several terms of the asymptotic series for.
In A uniform solid sphere of densityis floating in water. (Compare Chapter 8, Problem (5.37).) It is pushed down just under water and released. Write the differential equation of motion (neglecting friction) and solve it to obtain the period in terms of . Show that this period is approximately 1.16 times the period for small oscillations.
Prove that . Hint:Putin Equation (6.1).
(a) To see the results in Problem 1graphically, computer plot the percentage error in Stirling’s formula as a function of p for values of p = 1-1000. Make separate plots, say for p = 1-10, 10-100, 100-1000, to make it easier to read values from your plots.
(b) Repeat part (a) for the percentage error in (11.5) using two terms of the asymptotic series, that is, Stirling’s formula times.
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