1 /** @file inifcns_gamma.cpp
3 * Implementation of Gamma function and some related stuff. */
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37 /** Evaluation of gamma(x). Knows about integer arguments, half-integer
38 * arguments and that's it. Somebody ought to provide some good numerical
39 * evaluation some day...
41 * @exception fail_numeric("complex_infinity") or something similar... */
42 ex gamma_eval(ex const & x)
44 if ( x.info(info_flags::numeric) ) {
46 // trap integer arguments:
47 if ( x.info(info_flags::integer) ) {
48 // gamma(n+1) -> n! for postitive n
49 if ( x.info(info_flags::posint) ) {
50 return factorial(ex_to_numeric(x).sub(numONE()));
52 return numZERO(); // Infinity. Throw? What?
55 // trap half integer arguments:
56 if ( (x*2).info(info_flags::integer) ) {
57 // trap positive x=(n+1/2)
58 // gamma(n+1/2) -> Pi^(1/2)*(1*3*..*(2*n-1))/(2^n)
59 if ( (x*2).info(info_flags::posint) ) {
60 numeric n = ex_to_numeric(x).sub(numHALF());
61 numeric coefficient = doublefactorial(n.mul(numTWO()).sub(numONE()));
62 coefficient = coefficient.div(numTWO().power(n));
63 return coefficient * power(Pi,numHALF());
65 // trap negative x=(-n+1/2)
66 // gamma(-n+1/2) -> Pi^(1/2)*(-2)^n/(1*3*..*(2*n-1))
67 numeric n = abs(ex_to_numeric(x).sub(numHALF()));
68 numeric coefficient = numeric(-2).power(n);
69 coefficient = coefficient.div(doublefactorial(n.mul(numTWO()).sub(numONE())));;
70 return coefficient * power(Pi,numHALF());
74 return gamma(x).hold();
77 ex gamma_evalf(ex const & x)
81 END_TYPECHECK(gamma(x))
83 return gamma(ex_to_numeric(x));
86 ex gamma_diff(ex const & x, unsigned diff_param)
88 ASSERT(diff_param==0);
90 return power(x, -1); //!!
93 ex gamma_series(ex const & x, symbol const & s, ex const & point, int order)
95 //!! Only handle one special case for now...
96 if (x.is_equal(s) && point.is_zero()) {
97 ex e = 1 / s - EulerGamma + s * (power(Pi, 2) / 12 + power(EulerGamma, 2) / 2) + Order(power(s, 2));
98 return e.series(s, point, order);
100 throw(std::logic_error("don't know the series expansion of this particular gamma function"));
103 REGISTER_FUNCTION(gamma, gamma_eval, gamma_evalf, gamma_diff, gamma_series);