NAME

       tgamma, tgammaf, tgammal - true gamma function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <math.h>

       double tgamma(double x);
       float tgammaf(float x);
       long double tgammal(long double x);

       Link with -lm.

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       tgamma(), tgammaf(), tgammal():
           _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
           or cc -std=c99

DESCRIPTION

       These functions calculate the Gamma function of x.

       The Gamma function is defined by

           Gamma(x) = integral from 0 to infinity of t^(x-1) e^-t dt

       It is defined for every real number except for nonpositive integers.  For nonnegative integral m one has

           Gamma(m+1) = m!

       and, more generally, for all x:

           Gamma(x+1) = x * Gamma(x)

       Furthermore, the following is valid for all values of x outside the poles:

           Gamma(x) * Gamma(1 - x) = PI / sin(PI * x)

RETURN VALUE

       On success, these functions return Gamma(x).

       If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.

       If x is positive infinity, positive infinity is returned.

       If x is a negative integer, or is negative infinity, a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned.

       If  the  result  overflows,  a  range  error  occurs,  and  the  functions return HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, or
       HUGE_VALL, respectively, with the correct mathematical sign.

       If the result underflows, a range error occurs, and the functions return 0, with the correct mathematical
       sign.

       If x is -0 or +0, a pole error occurs, and  the  functions  return  HUGE_VAL,  HUGE_VALF,  or  HUGE_VALL,
       respectively, with the same sign as the 0.

ERRORS

       See  math_error(7)  for  information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these
       functions.

       The following errors can occur:

       Domain error: x is a negative integer, or negative infinity
              errno is set to EDOM.  An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised (but see BUGS).

       Pole error: x is +0 or -0
              errno is set to ERANGE.  A divide-by-zero floating-point exception (FE_DIVBYZERO) is raised.

       Range error: result overflow
              errno is set to ERANGE.  An overflow floating-point exception (FE_OVERFLOW) is raised.

       glibc also gives the following error which is not specified in C99 or POSIX.1-2001.

       Range error: result underflow
              An underflow floating-point exception (FE_UNDERFLOW) is raised.

              errno is not set for this case.

VERSIONS

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
       ┌────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                      │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ tgamma(), tgammaf(), tgammal() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES

       This function had to be called "true gamma function" since there is  already  a  function  gamma(3)  that
       returns something else (see gamma(3) for details).

BUGS

       Before  version  2.18,  the  glibc  implementation of these functions did not set errno to EDOM when x is
       negative infinity.

       In glibc versions 2.3.3 and earlier, an argument of +0 or -0 incorrectly produced a domain  error  (errno
       set to EDOM and an FE_INVALID exception raised), rather than a pole error.

SEE ALSO

       gamma(3), lgamma(3)

COLOPHON

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GNU                                                2015-04-19                                          TGAMMA(3)