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gamma
The gamma function.
Syntax
y = gamma(x)
Arguments
- x
real vector or matrix
- y
real vector or matrix with same size than x.
Description
gamma(x)
evaluates the gamma function at all the
elements of x
. The gamma function is defined by
:

and generalizes the factorial function for real numbers
(gamma(n+1) = n!
).
Examples
// simple examples gamma(0.5) gamma(6)-prod(1:5)
// the graph of the Gamma function on [a,b] a = -3; b = 5; x = linspace(a,b,40000); y = gamma(x); clf() plot2d(x, y, style=0, axesflag=5, rect=[a, -10, b, 10]) xtitle("The gamma function on ["+string(a)+","+string(b)+"]") show_window()

See also
History
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