gamma_lanczos_sum.js (1805B)
1 /** 2 * @license Apache-2.0 3 * 4 * Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 5 * 6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 9 * 10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 11 * 12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 16 * limitations under the License. 17 * 18 * 19 * ## Notice 20 * 21 * The original C++ code and copyright notice are from the [Boost library]{@link http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_64_0/boost/math/special_functions/lanczos.hpp}. The implementation has been modified for JavaScript. 22 * 23 * ```text 24 * Copyright John Maddock 2006. 25 * 26 * Use, modification and distribution are subject to the 27 * Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file 28 * LICENSE or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) 29 * ``` 30 */ 31 32 'use strict'; 33 34 // MAIN // 35 36 /** 37 * Calculates the Lanczos sum approximation. 38 * 39 * @name gammaLanczosSum 40 * @type {Function} 41 * @param {number} x - input value 42 * @returns {number} Lanczos sum approximation 43 * 44 * @example 45 * var v = gammaLanczosSum( 4.0 ); 46 * // returns ~950.366 47 * 48 * @example 49 * var v = gammaLanczosSum( -1.5 ); 50 * // returns ~1373366.245 51 * 52 * @example 53 * var v = gammaLanczosSum( -0.5 ); 54 * // returns ~-699841.735 55 * 56 * @example 57 * var v = gammaLanczosSum( 0.5 ); 58 * // returns ~96074.186 59 * 60 * @example 61 * var v = gammaLanczosSum( 0.0 ); 62 * // returns Infinity 63 * 64 * @example 65 * var v = gammaLanczosSum( NaN ); 66 * // returns NaN 67 */ 68 var gammaLanczosSum = require( './rational_pq.js' ); 69 70 71 // EXPORTS // 72 73 module.exports = gammaLanczosSum;