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diff --git a/man3/tgamma.3 b/man3/tgamma.3 deleted file mode 100644 index e62069c..0000000 --- a/man3/tgamma.3 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,216 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later -.\" -.\" Based on glibc infopages -.\" and Copyright 2008, Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk -.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> -.\" Modified 2004-11-15, fixed error noted by Fabian Kreutz -.\" <kreutz@dbs.uni-hannover.de> -.\" -.TH tgamma 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -tgamma, tgammaf, tgammal \- true gamma function -.SH LIBRARY -Math library -.RI ( libm ", " \-lm ) -.SH SYNOPSIS -.nf -.B #include <math.h> -.P -.BI "double tgamma(double " x ); -.BI "float tgammaf(float " x ); -.BI "long double tgammal(long double " x ); -.fi -.P -.RS -4 -Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see -.BR feature_test_macros (7)): -.RE -.P -.BR tgamma (), -.BR tgammaf (), -.BR tgammal (): -.nf - _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L -.fi -.SH DESCRIPTION -These functions calculate the Gamma function of -.IR x . -.P -The Gamma function is defined by -.P -.RS -Gamma(x) = integral from 0 to infinity of t\[ha](x\-1) e\[ha]\-t dt -.RE -.P -It is defined for every real number except for nonpositive integers. -For nonnegative integral -.I m -one has -.P -.RS -Gamma(m+1) = m! -.RE -.P -and, more generally, for all -.IR x : -.P -.RS -Gamma(x+1) = x * Gamma(x) -.RE -.P -Furthermore, the following is valid for all values of -.I x -outside the poles: -.P -.RS -Gamma(x) * Gamma(1 \- x) = PI / sin(PI * x) -.RE -.SH RETURN VALUE -On success, these functions return Gamma(x). -.P -If -.I x -is a NaN, a NaN is returned. -.P -If -.I x -is positive infinity, positive infinity is returned. -.P -If -.I x -is a negative integer, or is negative infinity, -a domain error occurs, -and a NaN is returned. -.P -If the result overflows, -a range error occurs, -and the functions return -.BR HUGE_VAL , -.BR HUGE_VALF , -or -.BR HUGE_VALL , -respectively, with the correct mathematical sign. -.P -If the result underflows, -a range error occurs, -and the functions return 0, with the correct mathematical sign. -.P -If -.I x -is \-0 or +0, -a pole error occurs, -and the functions return -.BR HUGE_VAL , -.BR HUGE_VALF , -or -.BR HUGE_VALL , -respectively, with the same sign as the 0. -.SH ERRORS -See -.BR math_error (7) -for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred -when calling these functions. -.P -The following errors can occur: -.TP -Domain error: \fIx\fP is a negative integer, or negative infinity -.I errno -is set to -.BR EDOM . -An invalid floating-point exception -.RB ( FE_INVALID ) -is raised (but see BUGS). -.TP -Pole error: \fIx\fP is +0 or \-0 -.I errno -is set to -.BR ERANGE . -A divide-by-zero floating-point exception -.RB ( FE_DIVBYZERO ) -is raised. -.TP -Range error: result overflow -.I errno -is set to -.BR ERANGE . -An overflow floating-point exception -.RB ( FE_OVERFLOW ) -is raised. -.P -glibc also gives the following error which is not specified -in C99 or POSIX.1-2001. -.TP -Range error: result underflow -.\" e.g., tgamma(-172.5) on glibc 2.8/x86-32 -.\" .I errno -.\" is set to -.\" .BR ERANGE . -An underflow floating-point exception -.RB ( FE_UNDERFLOW ) -is raised, and -.I errno -is set to -.BR ERANGE . -.\" glibc (as at 2.8) also supports an inexact -.\" exception for various cases. -.SH ATTRIBUTES -For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see -.BR attributes (7). -.TS -allbox; -lbx lb lb -l l l. -Interface Attribute Value -T{ -.na -.nh -.BR tgamma (), -.BR tgammaf (), -.BR tgammal () -T} Thread safety MT-Safe -.TE -.SH STANDARDS -C11, POSIX.1-2008. -.SH HISTORY -glibc 2.1. -C99, POSIX.1-2001. -.SH NOTES -This function had to be called "true gamma function" -since there is already a function -.BR gamma (3) -that returns something else (see -.BR gamma (3) -for details). -.SH BUGS -Before glibc 2.18, the glibc implementation of these functions did not set -.\" https://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6809 -.I errno -to -.B EDOM -when -.I x -is negative infinity. -.P -Before glibc 2.19, -.\" https://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6810 -the glibc implementation of these functions did not set -.I errno -to -.B ERANGE -on an underflow range error. -.P -.\" -In glibc versions 2.3.3 and earlier, -an argument of +0 or \-0 incorrectly produced a domain error -.RI ( errno -set to -.B EDOM -and an -.B FE_INVALID -exception raised), rather than a pole error. -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR gamma (3), -.BR lgamma (3) |