Re: HP Prime emulator: Gamma function Message #3 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 21 Aug 2013, 3:03 p.m., in response to message #2 by Tim Wessman
On the HP-49G+ and on the Prime, Gamma and ! are two different functions. From the manual:
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Factorial: Factorial of a positive integer. For non-integers, ! = |-- (x + 1).
This calculates the gamma function.
value!
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Gamma: Returns the value of the gamma function (|--) for a number a.
Gamma(a)
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Thus Gamma(-4.5) = (-5.5)! = -0.0600196013005
Gerson.
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This was meant to Stephan. Somehow it has ended up here.
Edited: 21 Aug 2013, 3:05 p.m.
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