[Rd] Gamma funtion(s) bug

[(Ted Harding)]

On 30-Mar-09 18:40:03, Kjetil Halvorsen wrote:
> With R 2.8.1 on ubuntu I get:
>> gamma(-1)
> [1] NaN
> Warning message:
> In gamma(-1) : NaNs produced
>> lgamma(-1)
> [1] Inf
> Warning message:
> value out of range in 'lgamma'
> 
> Is'nt the first one right, and the second one (lgamma)
> should also be NaN?
> Kjetil

That is surely correct! Since lim[x->(-1)+] gamma(x) = +Inf,
while lim[x->(-1)-] gamma(x) = -Inf, at gamma(-1) one cannot
choose between +Inf and -Inf, so surely is is NaN.

Ted.

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