""" 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 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 Python's Standard Library math.gamma() function overflows around gamma(171.624). """ import math from numpy import inf from scipy.integrate import quad def gamma_iterative(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 ...). >>> gamma_iterative(-1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma_iterative(0) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma_iterative(9) 40320.0 >>> from math import gamma as math_gamma >>> all(.99999999 < gamma_iterative(i) / math_gamma(i) <= 1.000000001 ... for i in range(1, 50)) True >>> gamma_iterative(-1)/math_gamma(-1) <= 1.000000001 Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma_iterative(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) def gamma_recursive(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_recursive(0.5) 1.7724538509055159 >>> gamma_recursive(1) 1.0 >>> gamma_recursive(2) 1.0 >>> gamma_recursive(3.5) 3.3233509704478426 >>> gamma_recursive(171.5) 9.483367566824795e+307 >>> all(isclose(gamma_recursive(num), math_gamma(num)) ... for num in (0.5, 2, 3.5, 171.5)) True >>> gamma_recursive(0) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma_recursive(-1.1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma_recursive(-4) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: math domain error >>> gamma_recursive(172) Traceback (most recent call last): ... OverflowError: math range error >>> gamma_recursive(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 math.sqrt(math.pi) else: return 1.0 if num == 1 else (num - 1) * gamma_recursive(num - 1) if __name__ == "__main__": from doctest import testmod testmod() num = 1.0 while num: num = float(input("Gamma of: ")) print(f"gamma_iterative({num}) = {gamma_iterative(num)}") print(f"gamma_recursive({num}) = {gamma_recursive(num)}") print("\nEnter 0 to exit...")