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Message-ID: <20051205155751.47937.qmail@web26815.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Date: 2005-12-05T15:57:51Z
From: Florent Bresson
Subject: The gamma function and infinity

I have to calculate some formula like:

gamma(x)/(gamma(x+y)

and I observed that for relatively big values of x, R
returns infinity and so cannot compute the formula. Is
it possible to force  R to give the real value of
gamma(x) instead of Inf ?

thanks