lgamma, lgammaf, lgammal, signgam - log gamma function
#include <math.h>
double lgamma(doublex);
float lgammaf(floatx);
long double lgammal(long doublex);[XSI]extern int signgam;
[CX]The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between therequirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2017 defers to the ISO Cstandard.
These functions shall computeloge|Γ(x)| where Γ(x) is defined as
The argumentx need not be a non-positive integer (Γ(x) is defined over the reals,except the non-positive integers).[XSI]
Ifx is NaN, -Inf, or a negative integer, the value ofsigngam is unspecified.
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These functions need not be thread-safe.
An application wishing to check for error situations should seterrno to zero and callfeclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions. On return, iferrno is non-zero orfetestexcept(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 ofx.
Ifx is a non-positive integer, a pole error shall occur andlgamma(),lgammaf(), andlgammal()shall return +HUGE_VAL, +HUGE_VALF, and +HUGE_VALL, respectively.
If the correct value would cause overflow, a range error shall occur andlgamma(),lgammaf(), andlgammal()shall return ±HUGE_VAL, ±HUGE_VALF, and ±HUGE_VALL (having the same sign as the correct value),respectively.
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Ifx is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.
Ifx is 1 or 2, +0 shall be returned.
Ifx is ±Inf, +Inf shall be returned.
These functions shall fail if:
- Pole Error
- Thex argument is a negative integer or zero.
If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, thenerrno shall be set to [ERANGE]. Ifthe integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the divide-by-zero floating-point exceptionshall be raised.
- Range Error
- The result overflows.
If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, thenerrno shall be set to [ERANGE]. Ifthe integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the overflow floating-point exception shallbe raised.
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On error, the expressions (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) and (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) areindependent of each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.
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exp,feclearexcept,fetestexcept,isnan
XBDTreatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions,<math.h>
First released in Issue 3.
The DESCRIPTION is updated to indicate how an application should check for an error. This text was previously published in theAPPLICATION USAGE section.
A note indicating that this function need not be reentrant is added to the DESCRIPTION.
Thelgamma() function is no longer marked as an extension.
Thelgammaf() andlgammal() functions are added for alignment with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.
The DESCRIPTION, RETURN VALUE, ERRORS, and APPLICATION USAGE sections are revised to align with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999standard.
IEC 60559:1989 standard floating-point extensions over the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard are marked.
Functionality relating to the XSI option is marked.
Austin Group Interpretation 1003.1-2001 #156 is applied.
The DESCRIPTION is clarified regarding the value ofsigngam whenx is Nan, -Inf, or a negative integer.
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