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<H1>LGAMMA</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
lgamma, lgammaf, lgammal, lgamma_r, lgammaf_r, lgammal_r, signgam -
log gamma function
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/math.h">math.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>double lgamma(double </B><I>x</I><B>);</B>
<B>float lgammaf(float </B><I>x</I><B>);</B>
<B>long double lgammal(long double </B><I>x</I><B>);</B>
<B>double lgamma_r(double </B><I>x</I><B>, int *</B><I>signp</I><B>);</B>
<B>float lgammaf_r(float </B><I>x</I><B>, int *</B><I>signp</I><B>);</B>
<B>long double lgammal_r(long double </B><I>x</I><B>, int *</B><I>signp</I><B>);</B>
<B>extern int </B><I>signgam</I><B>;</B>
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<P>
Link with <I>-lm</I>.
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+feature_test_macros">feature_test_macros</A></B>(7)):
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<B>lgamma</B>():
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_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE&nbsp;&gt;=&nbsp;200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Since&nbsp;glibc&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_DEFAULT_SOURCE
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Glibc&nbsp;versions&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_BSD_SOURCE&nbsp;||&nbsp;_SVID_SOURCE
</DL>
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<B>lgammaf</B>(),
<B>lgammal</B>():
<DL COMPACT><DT id="2"><DD>
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE&nbsp;&gt;=&nbsp;200112L
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Since&nbsp;glibc&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_DEFAULT_SOURCE
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Glibc&nbsp;versions&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_BSD_SOURCE&nbsp;||&nbsp;_SVID_SOURCE
</DL>
<B>lgamma_r</B>(),
<B>lgammaf_r</B>(),
<B>lgammal_r</B>():
<DL COMPACT><DT id="3"><DD>
/* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Glibc&nbsp;versions&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_BSD_SOURCE&nbsp;||&nbsp;_SVID_SOURCE
</DL>
<I>signgam</I>:
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_XOPEN_SOURCE
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Since&nbsp;glibc&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_DEFAULT_SOURCE
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;/*&nbsp;Glibc&nbsp;versions&nbsp;&lt;=&nbsp;2.19:&nbsp;*/&nbsp;_BSD_SOURCE&nbsp;||&nbsp;_SVID_SOURCE
</DL>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
For the definition of the Gamma function, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+tgamma">tgamma</A></B>(3).
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The
<B>lgamma</B>(),
<B>lgammaf</B>(),
and
<B>lgammal</B>()
functions return the natural logarithm of
the absolute value of the Gamma function.
The sign of the Gamma function is returned in the
external integer
<I>signgam</I>
declared in
<I>&lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/math.h">math.h</A>&gt;</I>.
It is 1 when the Gamma function is positive or zero, -1
when it is negative.
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Since using a constant location
<I>signgam</I>
is not thread-safe, the functions
<B>lgamma_r</B>(),
<B>lgammaf_r</B>(),
and
<B>lgammal_r</B>()
have been introduced; they return the sign via the argument
<I>signp</I>.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
On success, these functions return the natural logarithm of Gamma(x).
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If
<I>x</I>
is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
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If
<I>x</I>
is 1 or 2, +0 is returned.
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If
<I>x</I>
is positive infinity or negative infinity,
positive infinity is returned.
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If
<I>x</I>
is a nonpositive integer,
a pole error occurs,
and the functions return
+<B>HUGE_VAL</B>,
+<B>HUGE_VALF</B>,
or
+<B>HUGE_VALL</B>,
respectively.
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If the result overflows,
a range error occurs,
and the functions return
<B>HUGE_VAL</B>,
<B>HUGE_VALF</B>,
or
<B>HUGE_VALL</B>,
respectively, with the correct mathematical sign.
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
See
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+math_error">math_error</A></B>(7)
for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
when calling these functions.
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The following errors can occur:
<DL COMPACT>
<DT id="5">Pole error: <I>x</I> is a nonpositive integer<DD>
<I>errno</I>
is set to
<B>ERANGE</B>
(but see BUGS).
A divide-by-zero floating-point exception
(<B>FE_DIVBYZERO</B>)
is raised.
<DT id="6">Range error: result overflow<DD>
<I>errno</I>
is set to
<B>ERANGE</B>.
An overflow floating-point exception
(<B>FE_OVERFLOW</B>)
is raised.
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
The
<B>lgamma</B>()
functions are specified in C99, POSIX.1-2001, and POSIX.1-2008.
<I>signgam</I>
is specified in POSIX.1-2001 and POSIX.1-2008, but not in C99.
The
<B>lgamma_r</B>()
functions are nonstandard, but present on several other systems.
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
In glibc 2.9 and earlier,
when a pole error occurs,
<I>errno</I>
is set to
<B>EDOM</B>;
instead of the POSIX-mandated
<B>ERANGE</B>.
Since version 2.10, glibc does the right thing.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+tgamma">tgamma</A></B>(3)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<I>man-pages</I>
project.
A description of the project,
information about reporting bugs,
and the latest version of this page,
can be found at
<A HREF="https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.">https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.</A>
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAH">BUGS</A><DD>
<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAJ">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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