Message-ID: <43946739.2090509@uni-osnabrueck.de>
Date: 2005-12-05T16:13:45Z
From: Dietrich Trenkler
Subject: The gamma function and infinity
In-Reply-To: <20051205155751.47937.qmail@web26815.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Florent Bresson schrieb:
>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
>
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Have a look at lgamma.
hth
D. Trenkler
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