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gamma(p1) public

Calculates the gamma function of x.

Note that gamma(n) is same as fact(n-1) for integer n > 0. However gamma(n) returns float and can be an approximation.

def fact(n) (1..n).inject(1) {|r,i| r*i } end 1.upto(26) {|i| p [i, Math.gamma(i), fact(i-1)] } #=> [1, 1.0, 1] # [2, 1.0, 1] # [3, 2.0, 2] # [4, 6.0, 6] # [5, 24.0, 24] # [6, 120.0, 120] # [7, 720.0, 720] # [8, 5040.0, 5040] # [9, 40320.0, 40320] # [10, 362880.0, 362880] # [11, 3628800.0, 3628800] # [12, 39916800.0, 39916800] # [13, 479001600.0, 479001600] # [14, 6227020800.0, 6227020800] # [15, 87178291200.0, 87178291200] # [16, 1307674368000.0, 1307674368000] # [17, 20922789888000.0, 20922789888000] # [18, 355687428096000.0, 355687428096000] # [19, 6.402373705728e+15, 6402373705728000] # [20, 1.21645100408832e+17, 121645100408832000] # [21, 2.43290200817664e+18, 2432902008176640000] # [22, 5.109094217170944e+19, 51090942171709440000] # [23, 1.1240007277776077e+21, 1124000727777607680000] # [24, 2.5852016738885062e+22, 25852016738884976640000] # [25, 6.204484017332391e+23, 620448401733239439360000] # [26, 1.5511210043330954e+25, 15511210043330985984000000]

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May 15, 2012
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railz

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