naginterfaces.library.specfun.gamma_​vector

naginterfaces.library.specfun.gamma_vector(x)[source]

gamma_vector returns an array of values of the gamma function .

For full information please refer to the NAG Library document for s14an

https://support.nag.com/numeric/nl/nagdoc_30.3/flhtml/s/s14anf.html

Parameters
xfloat, array-like, shape

The argument of the function, for .

Returns
ffloat, ndarray, shape

, the function values.

ivalidint, ndarray, shape

contains the error code for , for .

No error.

is too large and positive. contains the approximate value of at the nearest valid argument. The threshold value is the same as for = 1 in gamma().

is too large and negative. contains zero. The threshold value is the same as for = 2 in gamma().

is too close to zero. contains the approximate value of at the nearest valid argument. The threshold value is the same as for = 2 in gamma().

is a negative integer, at which values are infinite. contains a large positive value.

Raises
NagValueError
(errno )

On entry, .

Constraint: .

Warns
NagAlgorithmicWarning
(errno )

On entry, at least one value of was invalid.

Check for more information.

Notes

gamma_vector evaluates an approximation to the gamma function for an array of arguments , for . The function is based on the Chebyshev expansion:

where and uses the property . If where is integral and then it follows that:

for ,

,

for ,

,

for ,

.

There are four possible failures for this function:

  1. if is too large, there is a danger of overflow since could become too large to be represented in the machine;

  2. if is too large and negative, there is a danger of underflow;

  3. if is equal to a negative integer, would overflow since it has poles at such points;

  4. if is too near zero, there is again the danger of overflow on some machines. For small , , and on some machines there exists a range of nonzero but small values of for which is larger than the greatest representable value.

References

NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions