LGAMMA(3)

LGAMMA(3) | Library Functions Manual | LGAMMA(3)

# NAME

`lgamma`, `lgammaf`, `lgamma_r`, `lgammaf_r`, `gamma`, `gammaf`, `gamma_r`, `gammaf_r`, `tgamma`, `tgammaf` —
log gamma function

# LIBRARY

Math Library (libm, -lm)

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <math.h>`

extern int signgam;

double
`lgamma`(double x);

float
`lgammaf`(float x);

double
`lgamma_r`(double x, int *sign);

float
`lgammaf_r`(float x, int *sign);

double
`gamma`(double x);

float
`gammaf`(float x);

double
`gamma_r`(double x, int *sign);

float
`gammaf_r`(float x, int *sign);

double
`tgamma`(double x);

float
`tgammaf`(float x);

# DESCRIPTION

`lgamma`(x) returns ln|Γ(x)|.

The external integer signgam returns the sign of Γ(x).

`lgamma_r`() is a reentrant interface that performs identically to `lgamma`(), differing in that the sign of Γ(x) is stored in the location pointed to by the sign argument and signgam is not modified.

The `tgamma`(x) and `tgammaf`(x) functions return Γ(x), with no effect on signgam.

`gamma`(), `gammaf`(), `gamma_r`(), and `gammaf_r`() are deprecated aliases for `lgamma`(), `lgammaf`(), `lgamma_r`(), and `lgammaf_r`(), respectively.

# IDIOSYNCRASIES

Do not use the expression “`signgam∗exp(lgamma(x))`” to compute g := Γ(x). Instead use a program like this (in C):

    lg = lgamma(x); g = signgam∗exp(lg);

Only after `lgamma`() has returned can signgam be correct.

# RETURN VALUES

`lgamma`() returns appropriate values unless an argument is out of range. Overflow will occur for sufficiently large positive values, and non-positive integers. For large non-integer negative values, `tgamma`() will underflow. On the VAX, the reserved operator is returned, and errno is set to `ERANGE`.

# SEE ALSO

math(3)

# HISTORY

The `lgamma` function appeared in 4.3BSD. The `tgamma`() function appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

May 4, 2012 | NetBSD 10.0