error in dbeta (PR#970)

2 messages · pwolf@wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de, Peter Dalgaard

Wed, Jun 6, 2001 9:31 AM #

Full_Name: Hans Peter Wolf
Version: 1.2.1
OS: hpux10.20
Submission from: (NULL) (129.70.84.25)


dbeta computes a wrong result with parameters (1.3,1)

platform hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20
arch     hppa2.0             
os       hpux10.20           
system   hppa2.0, hpux10.20  
status                       
major    1                   
minor    2.1                 
year     2001                
month    01                  
day      15                  
language R

[1] 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3

[1] 0.0000000 0.8021373 0.9875537 1.1152952 1.2158296 1.3000100

[1] 0.0000000 0.8021508 0.9875566 1.1152895 1.2158163 1.2999900


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Peter Dalgaard

Wed, Jun 6, 2001 9:48 AM #

pwolf@wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de writes:

Hm. Doesn't happen with 1.2.3 on Linux and dbeta.c hasn't changed
inbetween. Any chance of getting you to step through the computations
with a debugger on you machine?

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