[jira] [Commented] (MATH-849) Precision improvement in class Gamma

["Gilles (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Gilles commented on MATH-849:
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Is this issue resolved?
                
> Precision improvement in class Gamma
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>
>                 Key: MATH-849
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-849
>             Project: Commons Math
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Sébastien Brisard
>            Assignee: Sébastien Brisard
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: accuracy, special-functions
>             Fix For: 3.1
>
>         Attachments: MATH-849-Lanczos_vs_NSWC.zip, MATH-849.patch, MATH-849.zip
>
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> New unit tests (see below) show that (on the set of values tested) the current accuracy of {{Gamma.logGamma(double)}} is about 130 ulps.
> The [NSWC Library of Mathematical Functions|http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA476840] proposes an implementation of this function with much higher accuracy: on the same set of values, the error goes down to about 3 ulps.
> This library is available [here|http://www.ualberta.ca/CNS/RESEARCH/Software/NumericalNSWC/site.html], and is license-free [see this thread|http://markmail.org/thread/fg4y4dfdnfty5hov]. It is proposed to port this implementation in Commons-Math. This in turn could lead to a resolution of MATH-738.

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