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= LGamma(X) =
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== LGamma(X) ==
 
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Returns the Log Gamma function of «X».  Without numeric overflow, this function is exactly equivalent to <code>Ln(GammaFn(X))</code>.
Returns the Log Gamma function of X.  Without numeric overflow, this function is exactly equivalent to ''[[Ln]]([[GammaFn]](X))''.
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Because the gamma function grows so rapidly, it is often much more convenient to use [[LGamma]]() to avoid numeric overflow.
Because the gamma function grows so rapidly, it is often much more convenient to use ''LGamma()'' to avoid numeric overflow.
 
 
 
= Library =
 
  
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== Library ==
 
Advanced Math
 
Advanced Math
  
= See Also =
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== See Also ==
 
 
 
* [[GammaFn]]
 
* [[GammaFn]]
 
* [[Factorial]]
 
* [[Factorial]]
 
* [[Ln]] -- natural log
 
* [[Ln]] -- natural log

Revision as of 23:23, 15 January 2016


LGamma(X)

Returns the Log Gamma function of «X». Without numeric overflow, this function is exactly equivalent to Ln(GammaFn(X)). Because the gamma function grows so rapidly, it is often much more convenient to use LGamma() to avoid numeric overflow.

Library

Advanced Math

See Also

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