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LGAMMA(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual LGAMMA(3P)
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lgamma, lgammaf, lgammal, signgam — log gamma function
#include <math.h> double lgamma(double x); float lgammaf(float x); long double lgammal(long double x); extern int signgam;
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard. These functions shall compute $log_ e" " │ Γ ( ^ x ) │$ where $Γ ( ^ x )$ is defined as $int from 0 to inf e"^" " "{ - t } t"^" " "{ x - 1 } dt$. The argument x need not be a non-positive integer ($Γ( ^ x )$ is defined over the reals, except the non-positive integers). If x is NaN, −Inf, or a negative integer, the value of signgam is unspecified. These functions need not be thread-safe. An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno to zero and call feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions. On return, if errno is non-zero or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an error has occurred.
Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the logarithmic gamma of x. If x is a non-positive integer, a pole error shall occur and lgamma(), lgammaf(), and lgammal() shall return +HUGE_VAL, +HUGE_VALF, and +HUGE_VALL, respectively. If the correct value would cause overflow, a range error shall occur and lgamma(), lgammaf(), and lgammal() shall return ±HUGE_VAL, ±HUGE_VALF, and ±HUGE_VALL (having the same sign as the correct value), respectively. If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned. If x is 1 or 2, +0 shall be returned. If x is ±Inf, +Inf shall be returned.
These functions shall fail if: Pole Error The x argument is a negative integer or zero. If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the divide-by-zero floating-point exception shall be raised. Range Error The result overflows. If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the overflow floating-point exception shall be raised. The following sections are informative.
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On error, the expressions (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) and (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.
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exp(3p), feclearexcept(3p), fetestexcept(3p), isnan(3p) The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 4.19, Treatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, math.h(0p)
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Pages that refer to this page: math.h(0p), signgam(3p), tgamma(3p)