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Motion P1788/M0010.22 / domain of gamma



On 2009-12-23 20:55:38 -0800, Dan Zuras Intervals wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:02:55 +0100
> > From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: stds-1788@xxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Motion P1788/M0010.22: ElementaryFunctions: YES
[...]
> > * Page 4, gamma and lgamma
> > 
> > The domain should exclude the non-positive integers.
> 
> 	I believe Vincent only means to exclude
> 	those integers from the domain of lgamma,
> 	not gamma (where they are zero).  - Dan

No, there's also a pole for gamma.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_function
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GammaFunction.html

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