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Could you please provide or point me to a proof of inequality 5.6.8 found at this site? That is,

$\left|\frac{\Gamma(z+a)}{\Gamma(z+b)}\right| \leq \frac{1}{|z|^{b-a}}$

for $z\in \mathbb{C}$, $a,b\in\mathbb{R}$, and $a≥0, b≥a+1, Re(z)>0$.

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    At that link it has additional assumptions which you left out: $a \ge 0$, $b \ge a + 1$, $\text{Re}(z) > 0$.2012-05-04
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    The (i) link to the right of the inequality gives a reference to Paris and Kaminski (2001): http://dlmf.nist.gov/bib/P#bib18272012-05-04
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    Also you got the left side wrong: it should be $\left| \dfrac{\Gamma(z+a)}{\Gamma(z+b)}\right|$2012-05-04
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    Ah thanks for that!2012-05-04
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    The book is available at [Google Books](http://books.google.de/books?id=LtOfHnClUSEC&lpg=PP1&dq=paris%20kaminski&hl=de&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q=paris%20kaminski&f=false), but p. 34, to which the citation points, isn't shown (for me).2012-05-04

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Thanks to joriki's link to Google Books, here is the passage in question.

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R. B. Paris and D. Kaminski, Asymptotics and Mellin-Barnes Integrals, pp. 33-34.

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For real $x>0$, the strict log-convexity of $\Gamma$ (see the end of this answer) implies that for $a\ge0$, $b\ge1$ and $b\ge a$, $$ \frac{\log\Gamma(x+1)-\log\Gamma(x)}{1}\le\frac{\log\Gamma(x+b)-\log\Gamma(x+a)}{b-a}\tag{1} $$ Which translates to $$ \frac{\Gamma(x+a)}{\Gamma(x+b)}\le\frac{1}{x^{b-a}}\tag{2} $$ Simpler, but not as general.

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    Thanks - I think this is useful to have as well.2012-05-06