[R] The gamma function and infinity

Florent Bresson f_bresson at yahoo.fr
Mon Dec 5 16:57:51 CET 2005


I have to calculate some formula like:

gamma(x)/(gamma(x+y)

and I observed that for relatively big values of x, R
returns infinity and so cannot compute the formula. Is
it possible to force  R to give the real value of
gamma(x) instead of Inf ?

thanks




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