A Precision Approximation of the Gamma Function

Lanczos, C. (1964). A Precision Approximation of the Gamma Function. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 1(1), 86-96.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1964

DOI

10.1137/0701008

Link

https://doi.org/10.1137/0701008

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2 citations across 2 artifacts.

Domain-specific

• Gamma Function
  • Lanczos-type approximations are widely used, but an implementation must declare accuracy, overflow behavior, complex branch convention, and handling near poles.
• Lanczos Approximation
  • For fixed precision, evaluation then requires a small number of arithmetic operations plus elementary functions.

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