/* @(#)w_gamma.c 5.1 93/09/24 */ /* * ==================================================== * Copyright (C) 1993 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. * * Developed at SunPro, a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business. * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this * software is freely granted, provided that this notice * is preserved. * ==================================================== * */ /* BUG: FIXME? According to Linux man pages for tgamma, lgamma, and gamma, the gamma function was originally defined in BSD as implemented here--the log of the gamma function. BSD 4.3 changed the name to lgamma, apparently removing gamma. BSD 4.4 re-introduced the gamma name with the more intuitive, without logarithm, plain gamma function. The C99 standard apparently wanted to avoid a problem with the poorly-named earlier gamma and used tgamma when adding a plain gamma function. So the current gamma is matching an old, bad definition, and not matching a newer, better definition. */ /* FUNCTION <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, <>, and <>---logarithmic and plain gamma functions INDEX gamma INDEX gammaf INDEX lgamma INDEX lgammaf INDEX gamma_r INDEX gammaf_r INDEX lgamma_r INDEX lgammaf_r INDEX tgamma INDEX tgammaf SYNOPSIS #include double gamma(double <[x]>); float gammaf(float <[x]>); double lgamma(double <[x]>); float lgammaf(float <[x]>); double gamma_r(double <[x]>, int *<[signgamp]>); float gammaf_r(float <[x]>, int *<[signgamp]>); double lgamma_r(double <[x]>, int *<[signgamp]>); float lgammaf_r(float <[x]>, int *<[signgamp]>); double tgamma(double <[x]>); float tgammaf(float <[x]>); DESCRIPTION <> calculates @tex $\mit ln\bigl(\Gamma(x)\bigr)$, @end tex the natural logarithm of the gamma function of <[x]>. The gamma function (<))>>) is a generalization of factorial, and retains the property that @ifnottex <> is equivalent to <>. @end ifnottex @tex $\mit \Gamma(N)\equiv N\times\Gamma(N-1)$. @end tex Accordingly, the results of the gamma function itself grow very quickly. <> is defined as @tex $\mit ln\bigl(\Gamma(x)\bigr)$ rather than simply $\mit \Gamma(x)$ @end tex @ifnottex the natural log of the gamma function, rather than the gamma function itself, @end ifnottex to extend the useful range of results representable. The sign of the result is returned in the global variable <>, which is declared in math.h. <> performs the same calculation as <>, but uses and returns <> values. <> and <> are alternate names for <> and <>. The use of <> instead of <> is a reminder that these functions compute the log of the gamma function, rather than the gamma function itself. The functions <>, <>, <>, and <> are just like <>, <>, <>, and <>, respectively, but take an additional argument. This additional argument is a pointer to an integer. This additional argument is used to return the sign of the result, and the global variable <> is not used. These functions may be used for reentrant calls (but they will still set the global variable <> if an error occurs). <> and <> are the "true gamma" functions, returning @tex $\mit \Gamma(x)$, @end tex the gamma function of <[x]>--without a logarithm. (They are apparently so named because of the prior existence of the old, poorly-named <> functions which returned the log of gamma up through BSD 4.2.) RETURNS Normally, the computed result is returned. When <[x]> is a nonpositive integer, <> returns <> and <> is set to <>. If the result overflows, <> returns <> and <> is set to <>. PORTABILITY Neither <> nor <> is ANSI C. It is better not to use either of these; use <> or <> instead.@* <>, <>, <>, and <> are nominally C standard in terms of the base return values, although the <[signgam]> global for <> is not standard. */ /* double gamma(double x) * Return the logarithm of the Gamma function of x. * * Method: call gamma_r */ #include "fdlibm.h" #include #include #ifndef _DOUBLE_IS_32BITS #ifdef __STDC__ double gamma(double x) #else double gamma(x) double x; #endif { #ifdef _IEEE_LIBM return __ieee754_gamma_r(x,&(_REENT_SIGNGAM(_REENT))); #else double y; y = __ieee754_gamma_r(x,&(_REENT_SIGNGAM(_REENT))); if(_LIB_VERSION == _IEEE_) return y; if(!finite(y)&&finite(x)) { if(floor(x)==x&&x<=0.0) { /* gamma(-integer) or gamma(0) */ errno = EDOM; } else { /* gamma(finite) overflow */ errno = ERANGE; } return HUGE_VAL; } else return y; #endif } #endif /* defined(_DOUBLE_IS_32BITS) */