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

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

terra@diku.dk writes:

> 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);

I don't think that helps for p near 1. It might do so for p near 0,
though. (The whole thing is a bit esoteric since it only becomes
relevant when you want the upper tail and on a log scale.)

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