asa245

asa245, a C++ code which evaluates the logarithm of the gamma function, by Allan McLeod.

ASA245 is Applied Statistics Algorithm 245.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

asa245 is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

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Reference:

  1. Cornelius Lanczos,
    A precision approximation of the gamma function,
    SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, B,
    Volume 1, 1964, pages 86-96.
  2. Allan Mcleod,
    Algorithm AS 245: A Robust and Reliable Algorithm for the Logarithm of the Gamma Function,
    Applied Statistics,
    Volume 38, Number 2, 1989, pages 397-402.

Source Code:

Last revised on 31 January 2020.