src/nmath/pgeom.c (PR#1834)

[terra@diku.dk]

Full_Name: Morten Welinder
Version: 1.5.1
OS: Solaris/Linux
Submission from: (NULL) (192.5.35.38)


The line

    return log(1 - p) * (x + 1);

looks like it has problems for p near 1.  I would suggest rewriting it to

    return log1p (-p) * (x + 1);


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