Gamma Function

Gamma function.

The gamma function extends the factorial function to real and complex numbers. If n is a positive integer,

Generalized to all complex numbers z, except for nonpositive integers, the gamma function can be expressed as an infinite product

where γ ≈ 0.577216 is the Euler–Mascheroni constant.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/math-base-special-gamma

Usage

var gamma = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-gamma' );

gamma( x )

Evaluates the gamma function.

var v = gamma( 4.0 );
// returns 6.0

v = gamma( -1.5 );
// returns ~2.363

v = gamma( -0.5 );
// returns ~-3.545

v = gamma( 0.5 );
// returns ~1.772

v = gamma( 0.0 );
// returns Infinity

v = gamma( -0.0 );
// returns -Infinity

v = gamma( NaN );
// returns NaN

Examples

var linspace = require( '@stdlib/array-base-linspace' );
var gamma = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-gamma' );

var x = linspace( -10.0, 10.0, 100 );

var i;
for ( i = 0; i < x.length; i++ ) {
    console.log( 'x: %d, f(x): %d', x[ i ], gamma( x[ i ] ) );
}

See Also

• @stdlib/math-base/special/gamma1pm1: compute gamma(x+1) - 1.
• @stdlib/math-base/special/gammainc: incomplete gamma function.
• @stdlib/math-base/special/gammaincinv: inverse incomplete gamma function.
• @stdlib/math-base/special/gammaln: natural logarithm of the gamma function.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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