Algorithm 926: Incomplete Gamma Functions with Negative Arguments

  • Authors:
  • Ian Thompson

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Liverpool

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS)
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

An algorithm for accurately computing the lower incomplete gamma function γ(a, t) in the case where a = n + 1/2, n ∈ Z and t n, and these results are used to initiate stable recurrence. The algorithm has been implemented in Fortran 2003, with precompuations carried out in Maple.