/data/git/CMSSW_5_3_11_patch5/src/CommonTools/Statistics/src/GammaLn.cc File Reference

#include "CommonTools/Statistics/src/GammaLn.h"
#include <cmath>

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Functions
float	GammaLn (float z)

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Function Documentation

float GammaLn

(

float

z

)

Returns the value ln( gamma(z) ) for z > 0

Definition at line 5 of file GammaLn.cc.

References create_public_lumi_plots::log, groupFilesInBlocks::temp, detailsBasic3DVector::y, and z.

Referenced by IncompleteGammaComplement::ln(), and IncompleteGammaComplement::value().

{
  const static double coefficients[6] = 
  { 76.18009172947146, -86.50532032941677,      24.01409824083091,
    -1.231739572450155,  0.1208650973866179e-2, -0.5395239384953e-5 };

  double temp = z+5.5;
  temp -= (z+0.5)*log(temp);
  double y = z;
  double series = 1.000000000190015;
  for( int term = 0; term < 6; term++ )
    series += coefficients[term]/++y;
  return -temp + log(2.5066282746310005*series/z);
}