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+.\" from: @(#)lgamma.3 6.6 (Berkeley) 12/3/92
+.\" $Id: lgamma.3,v 1.6 1994/01/11 00:46:56 jtc Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd December 3, 1992
+.Dt LGAMMA 3
+.Os BSD 4.3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm lgamma ,
+.Nm gamma
+.Nd log gamma function, gamma function
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <math.h>
+.Ft extern int
+.Fa signgam ;
+.sp
+.Ft double
+.Fn lgamma "double x"
+.Ft double
+.Fn gamma "double x"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn Lgamma x
+.if t \{\
+returns ln\||\(*G(x)| where
+.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
+\(*G(x) = \(is\d\s8\z0\s10\u\u\s8\(if\s10\d t\u\s8x\-1\s10\d e\u\s8\-t\s10\d dt for x > 0 and
+.br
+\(*G(x) = \(*p/(\(*G(1\-x)\|sin(\(*px)) for x < 1.
+.Ed
+.\}
+.if n \
+returns ln\||\(*G(x)|.
+.Pp
+The external integer
+.Fa signgam
+returns the sign of \(*G(x).
+.Pp
+.Fn Gamma x
+returns \(*G(x), with no effect on
+.Fa signgam .
+.Sh IDIOSYNCRASIES
+Do not use the expression
+.Dq Li signgam\(**exp(lgamma(x))
+to compute g := \(*G(x).
+Instead use a program like this (in C):
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+lg = lgamma(x); g = signgam\(**exp(lg);
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Only after
+.Fn lgamma
+has returned can signgam be correct.
+.Pp
+For arguments in its range,
+.Fn gamma
+is preferred, as for positive arguments
+it is accurate to within one unit in the last place.
+Exponentiation of
+.Fn lgamma
+will lose up to 10 significant bits.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn Gamma
+and
+.Fn lgamma
+return appropriate values unless an argument is out of range.
+Overflow will occur for sufficiently large positive values, and
+non-positive integers.
+On the
+.Tn VAX,
+the reserved operator is returned,
+and
+.Va errno
+is set to
+.Er ERANGE
+For large non-integer negative values,
+.Fn gamma
+will underflow.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr math 3 ,
+.Xr infnan 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm lgamma
+function appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 .
+The
+.Nm gamma
+function appeared in
+.Bx 4.4 .
+The name
+.Fn gamma
+was originally dedicated to the
+.Fn lgamma
+function, so some old code may no longer be compatible.
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