import math from numpy import inf from scipy.integrate import quad def gamma(num: float) -> float: """ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_function In mathematics, the gamma function is one commonly used extension of the factorial function to complex numbers. The gamma function is defined for all complex numbers except the non-positive integers >>> gamma(-1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma(0) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma(9) 40320.0 >>> from math import gamma as math_gamma >>> all(.99999999 < gamma(i) / math_gamma(i) <= 1.000000001 ... for i in range(1, 50)) True >>> gamma(-1)/math_gamma(-1) <= 1.000000001 Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma(3.3) - math_gamma(3.3) <= 0.00000001 True """ if num <= 0: raise ValueError("math domain error") return quad(integrand, 0, inf, args=(num))[0] def integrand(x: float, z: float) -> float: return math.pow(x, z - 1) * math.exp(-x) if __name__ == "__main__": from doctest import testmod testmod()