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/*
 * the ('true') gamma function
 */
 
#ifndef _gcem_tgamma_HPP
#define _gcem_tgamma_HPP
 
namespace internal
{
 
template<typename T>
constexpr
T
tgamma_check(const T x)
noexcept
{
    return( // NaN check
            is_nan(x) ? \
                GCLIM<T>::quiet_NaN() :
            // indistinguishable from one or zero
            GCLIM<T>::min() > abs(x - T(1)) ? \
                T(1) :
            GCLIM<T>::min() > abs(x) ? \
                GCLIM<T>::infinity() :
            // negative numbers
            x < T(0) ? \
                // check for integer
                GCLIM<T>::min() > abs(x - find_whole(x)) ? \
                    GCLIM<T>::quiet_NaN() :
                // else
                tgamma_check(x+T(1)) / x :
 
            // else
                exp(lgamma(x)) );
}
 
}
 
/**
 * Compile-time gamma function
 *
 * @param x a real-valued input.
 * @return computes the `true' gamma function
 * \f[ \Gamma(x) = \int_0^\infty y^{x-1} \exp(-y) dy \f]
 * using a polynomial form:
 * \f[ \Gamma(x+1) \approx (x+g+0.5)^{x+0.5} \exp(-x-g-0.5) \sqrt{2 \pi} \left[ c_0 + \frac{c_1}{x+1} + \frac{c_2}{x+2} + \cdots + \frac{c_n}{x+n} \right] \f]
 * where the value \f$ g \f$ and the coefficients \f$ (c_0, c_1, \ldots, c_n) \f$
 * are taken from Paul Godfrey, whose note can be found here: http://my.fit.edu/~gabdo/gamma.txt
 */
 
template<typename T>
constexpr
return_t<T>
tgamma(const T x)
noexcept
{
    return internal::tgamma_check( static_cast<return_t<T>>(x) );
}
 
#endif