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Lunchbox Carrier
 Posted: 6 Mar 2006 15:57 GMT Total Posts: 2007 | I'm not in calculus, but attempting to make a program that does functions for me that require calculus, so i kinda need help. Does anyone know what the gamma function does? On Math.com, it says it is a special form of an integral, but i don't have a dam clue how to do that either. Would much appreciate any help/explanation. |
darksideprogramming Guardian
 Posted: 7 Mar 2006 06:07 GMT Total Posts: 1005 | I have a proggie that does some calc functions, but I've never heard of gamma. |
jessef Goliath
 Posted: 7 Mar 2006 11:09 GMT Total Posts: 192 | I'm in calcIII and I have never heard fo the gama function. does it go by a diffrent name? |
Andy Administrator Posted: 7 Mar 2006 14:52 GMT Total Posts: 939 | I've heard of it but I don't know what it does or is used for... Have you tried looking on Wikipedia? |
Lunchbox Carrier
 Posted: 7 Mar 2006 15:39 GMT Total Posts: 2007 | well, it says that:
(x) =  e -t t(x-1) dt (cut and pasted from math.com)
[Edited by Lunchbox on 08-Mar-06 00:40] |
threefingeredguy Ghost
 Posted: 8 Mar 2006 15:39 GMT Total Posts: 1189 | Are you trying to do the gamma function or another function.
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Lunchbox Carrier
 Posted: 8 Mar 2006 15:42 GMT Total Posts: 2007 | gamma function, but above is the definition of the gamma function. |
threefingeredguy Ghost
 Posted: 9 Mar 2006 17:33 GMT Total Posts: 1189 | Thornahawk is, I dunno, a math teacher or something. Read his post.
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Lunchbox Carrier
 Posted: 10 Mar 2006 15:43 GMT Total Posts: 2007 | Thanks 3fg, that's exactly what I wanted. |
threefingeredguy Ghost
 Posted: 11 Mar 2006 15:56 GMT Total Posts: 1189 | Thank thornahawk.
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