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A Set of Algorithms for the Incomplete Gamma Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

N. M. Temme
N. M. Temme
Affiliation:
CWI, P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

This paper gives fast and reliable algorithms for the numerical evaluation of the incomplete gamma functions and for auxiliary functions, such as functions related with the gamma function and error function. All these functions are of basic importance in applied probability problems.

Type
Research Article
Information
Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , April 1994 , pp. 291 - 307
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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