""" Gamma function is a very useful tool in math and physics. It helps calculating complex integral in a convenient way. for more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_function Python's Standard Library math.gamma() function overflows around gamma(171.624). """ from math import pi, sqrt def gamma(num: float) -> float: """ Calculates the value of Gamma function of num where num is either an integer (1, 2, 3..) or a half-integer (0.5, 1.5, 2.5 ...). Implemented using recursion Examples: >>> from math import isclose, gamma as math_gamma >>> gamma(0.5) 1.7724538509055159 >>> gamma(2) 1.0 >>> gamma(3.5) 3.3233509704478426 >>> gamma(171.5) 9.483367566824795e+307 >>> all(isclose(gamma(num), math_gamma(num)) for num in (0.5, 2, 3.5, 171.5)) True >>> gamma(0) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma(-1.1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma(-4) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma(172) Traceback (most recent call last): ... OverflowError: math range error >>> gamma(1.1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotImplementedError: num must be an integer or a half-integer """ if num <= 0: raise ValueError("math domain error") if num > 171.5: raise OverflowError("math range error") elif num - int(num) not in (0, 0.5): raise NotImplementedError("num must be an integer or a half-integer") elif num == 0.5: return sqrt(pi) else: return 1.0 if num == 1 else (num - 1) * gamma(num - 1) def test_gamma() -> None: """ >>> test_gamma() """ assert gamma(0.5) == sqrt(pi) assert gamma(1) == 1.0 assert gamma(2) == 1.0 if __name__ == "__main__": from doctest import testmod testmod() num = 1.0 while num: num = float(input("Gamma of: ")) print(f"gamma({num}) = {gamma(num)}") print("\nEnter 0 to exit...")