bugGNU Scientific Library - Bugs: bug #45925, Incomplete Gamma Functions flipped?

 
 

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bug #45925: Incomplete Gamma Functions flipped?

Submitter:  Patrick Alken <psa>
Submitted:  Fri 11 Sep 2015 10:07:55 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Runtime error Severity:  3 - Normal
Operating System:  Status:  None
Assigned to:  None Open/Closed:  Open
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Thu 19 Nov 2015 10:22:06 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I've investigated bug #45925 "Incomplete Gamma Functions flipped?" and I believe there is in fact no problem with gsl. The bug author compares the (upper) incomplete gamma function with the function P(a,x) and correctly notes that the values disagree. However the comparison should actually be done with the function Q(a,x) rather than P(a,x), and here the values agree. The definitions for the upper incomplete gamma function and Q(a,x) are contained in the gsl reference document under the section on "Incomplete Gamma Functions". I recommend that no code changes be made and that this bug be closed.

-Bill Maier   

Patrick Alken <psa>
Group administrator
Fri 11 Sep 2015 10:07:55 AM UTC, original submission:  

from vsakharuk =at= hbk =dot= com

Hello all,
Running 32 bit gsl on windows.
Got flipped results for incomplete gamma Functions.

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <gsl\gsl_specfunc.h>

using namespace std;

int main( int argc, char* argv[])
{
    cout<<"GSL incomplete gamma=" << gsl_sf_gamma_inc(1.000000, 3.000000)<< endl;
    cout<<"GSL incomplete gamma P=" << gsl_sf_gamma_inc_P(1.000000, 3.000000)<< endl;
    return 0;
}

Output:
GSL incomplete gamma=0.0497871
GSL incomplete gamma P=0.950213

IMHO, GSL incomplete gamma should be equal to 0.950213
This is output of incomplete gamma P

Regards V.

Patrick Alken <psa>
Group administrator

 

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