tgammal(3)

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NAME

6       tgamma, tgammaf, tgammal - true gamma function
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <math.h>
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11       double tgamma(double x);
12       float tgammaf(float x);
13       long double tgammal(long double x);
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15       Link with -lm.
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17   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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19       tgamma(), tgammaf(), tgammal():
20           _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
21           _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
22           or cc -std=c99
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DESCRIPTION

25       The Gamma function is defined by
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27           Gamma(x) = integral from 0 to infinity of t^(x-1) e^-t dt
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29       It is defined for every real number except  for  nonpositive  integers.
30       For nonnegative integral m one has
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32           Gamma(m+1) = m!
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34       and, more generally, for all x:
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36           Gamma(x+1) = x * Gamma(x)
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38       Furthermore,  the  following  is  valid for all values of x outside the
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41           Gamma(x) * Gamma(1 - x) = PI / sin(PI * x)
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RETURN VALUE

44       On success, these functions return Gamma(x).
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46       If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
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48       If x is positive infinity, positive infinity is returned.
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50       If x is a negative integer, or is negative  infinity,  a  domain  error
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53       If the result overflows, a range error occurs, and the functions return
54       HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, or HUGE_VALL, respectively, with the correct math‐
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57       If  the  result  underflows,  a  range  error occurs, and the functions
58       return 0, with the correct mathematical sign.
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60       If x is -0 or +0,  a  pole  error  occurs,  and  the  functions  return
61       HUGE_VAL,  HUGE_VALF, or HUGE_VALL, respectively, with the same sign as
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ERRORS

65       See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an  error
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68       The following errors can occur:
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70       Domain error: x is a negative integer, or negative infinity
71              errno  is  set  to  EDOM.   An  invalid floating-point exception
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74       Pole error: x is +0 or -0
75              errno is set to ERANGE.  A divide-by-zero floating-point  excep‐
76              tion (FE_DIVBYZERO) is raised.
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78       Range error: result overflow
79              errno  is  set  to ERANGE.  An overflow floating-point exception
80              (FE_OVERFLOW) is raised.
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82       glibc also gives the following error which is not specified in  C99  or
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85       Range error: result underflow
86              An underflow floating-point exception (FE_UNDERFLOW) is raised.
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VERSIONS

91       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
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CONFORMING TO

94       C99, POSIX.1-2001.
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NOTES

97       This  function  had  to  be called "true gamma function" since there is
98       already a function gamma(3) that returns something else  (see  gamma(3)
99       for details).
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BUGS

102       If x is negative infinity, errno is not set (it should be set to EDOM).
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104       In  glibc  versions  2.3.3  and earlier, an argument of +0 or -0 incor‐
105       rectly produced a domain error (errno set to  EDOM  and  an  FE_INVALID
106       exception raised), rather than a pole error.
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COLOPHON

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113       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
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