Linux and UNIX Man Pages

Linux & Unix Commands - Search Man Pages

tgamma(3) [plan9 man page]

TGAMMA(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							 TGAMMA(3)

NAME
tgamma, tgammaf, tgammal - true gamma function SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h> double tgamma(double x); float tgammaf(float x); long double tgammal(long double x); Link with -lm. Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): tgamma(), tgammaf(), tgammal(): _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L DESCRIPTION
These functions calculate the Gamma function of x. The Gamma function is defined by Gamma(x) = integral from 0 to infinity of t^(x-1) e^-t dt It is defined for every real number except for nonpositive integers. For nonnegative integral m one has Gamma(m+1) = m! and, more generally, for all x: Gamma(x+1) = x * Gamma(x) Furthermore, the following is valid for all values of x outside the poles: Gamma(x) * Gamma(1 - x) = PI / sin(PI * x) RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return Gamma(x). If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned. If x is positive infinity, positive infinity is returned. If x is a negative integer, or is negative infinity, a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned. If the result overflows, a range error occurs, and the functions return HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, or HUGE_VALL, respectively, with the correct mathematical sign. If the result underflows, a range error occurs, and the functions return 0, with the correct mathematical sign. If x is -0 or +0, a pole error occurs, and the functions return HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, or HUGE_VALL, respectively, with the same sign as the 0. ERRORS
See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions. The following errors can occur: Domain error: x is a negative integer, or negative infinity errno is set to EDOM. An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised (but see BUGS). Pole error: x is +0 or -0 errno is set to ERANGE. A divide-by-zero floating-point exception (FE_DIVBYZERO) is raised. Range error: result overflow errno is set to ERANGE. An overflow floating-point exception (FE_OVERFLOW) is raised. glibc also gives the following error which is not specified in C99 or POSIX.1-2001. Range error: result underflow An underflow floating-point exception (FE_UNDERFLOW) is raised, and errno is set to ERANGE. VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1. ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). +-------------------------------+---------------+---------+ |Interface | Attribute | Value | +-------------------------------+---------------+---------+ |tgamma(), tgammaf(), tgammal() | Thread safety | MT-Safe | +-------------------------------+---------------+---------+ CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. NOTES
This function had to be called "true gamma function" since there is already a function gamma(3) that returns something else (see gamma(3) for details). BUGS
Before version 2.18, the glibc implementation of these functions did not set errno to EDOM when x is negative infinity. Before glibc 2.19, the glibc implementation of these functions did not set errno to ERANGE on an underflow range error. x In glibc versions 2.3.3 and earlier, an argument of +0 or -0 incorrectly produced a domain error (errno set to EDOM and an FE_INVALID exception raised), rather than a pole error. SEE ALSO
gamma(3), lgamma(3) COLOPHON
This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/. GNU
2017-09-15 TGAMMA(3)
Man Page