ASA147
the Incomplete Gamma Function

ASA147 is a FORTRAN77 library which evaluates the incomplete Gamma function, by Chi Leung Lau.

ASA147 is Applied Statistics Algorithm 147. Source code for many Applied Statistics Algorithms is available through STATLIB.

Languages:

ASA147 is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN77 version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

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Author:

Original FORTRAN77 version by Chi Leung Lau; This FORTRAN77 version by John Burkardt.

Reference:

1. Chi Leung Lau,
   Algorithm AS 147: A Simple Series for the Incomplete Gamma Integral,
   Applied Statistics,
   Volume 29, Number 1, 1980, pages 113-114.

Source Code:

• asa147.f, the source code.
• asa147.sh, commands to compile the source code.

Examples and Tests:

• asa147_prb.f, a sample calling program.
• asa147_prb.sh, commands to compile and run the sample program.
• asa147_prb_output.txt, the output file.

List of Routines:

• ALNGAM computes the logarithm of the gamma function.
• GAMMA_INC_VALUES returns some values of the incomplete Gamma function.
• GAMMDS computes the incomplete Gamma integral.
• TIMESTAMP prints out the current YMDHMS date as a timestamp.

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