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-rw-r--r--Modules/mathmodule.c24
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/mathmodule.c b/Modules/mathmodule.c
index 4ef10d3..7911251 100644
--- a/Modules/mathmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/mathmodule.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extern double copysign(double, double);
static const double pi = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197;
static const double sqrtpi = 1.772453850905516027298167483341145182798;
+static const double logpi = 1.144729885849400174143427351353058711647;
static double
sinpi(double x)
@@ -356,20 +357,15 @@ m_lgamma(double x)
if (absx < 1e-20)
return -log(absx);
- /* Lanczos' formula */
- if (x > 0.0) {
- /* we could save a fraction of a ulp in accuracy by having a
- second set of numerator coefficients for lanczos_sum that
- absorbed the exp(-lanczos_g) term, and throwing out the
- lanczos_g subtraction below; it's probably not worth it. */
- r = log(lanczos_sum(x)) - lanczos_g +
- (x-0.5)*(log(x+lanczos_g-0.5)-1);
- }
- else {
- r = log(pi) - log(fabs(sinpi(absx))) - log(absx) -
- (log(lanczos_sum(absx)) - lanczos_g +
- (absx-0.5)*(log(absx+lanczos_g-0.5)-1));
- }
+ /* Lanczos' formula. We could save a fraction of a ulp in accuracy by
+ having a second set of numerator coefficients for lanczos_sum that
+ absorbed the exp(-lanczos_g) term, and throwing out the lanczos_g
+ subtraction below; it's probably not worth it. */
+ r = log(lanczos_sum(absx)) - lanczos_g;
+ r += (absx - 0.5) * (log(absx + lanczos_g - 0.5) - 1);
+ if (x < 0.0)
+ /* Use reflection formula to get value for negative x. */
+ r = logpi - log(fabs(sinpi(absx))) - log(absx) - r;
if (Py_IS_INFINITY(r))
errno = ERANGE;
return r;