Re: [R] integrate lgamma from 0 to Inf

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Re: [R] integrate lgamma from 0 to Inf

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Andreas Wittmann andreas_wittm...@gmx.de wrote: i try to integrate lgamma from 0 to Inf. Both gamma and log are positive and monotonically increasing for large arguments. What can you conclude about the integrability of log(gamma(x))? -s

Re: [R] integrate lgamma from 0 to Inf

lgamma from 0 to Inf On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Andreas Wittmann andreas_wittm...@gmx.de wrote: i try to integrate lgamma from 0 to Inf. Both gamma and log are positive and monotonically increasing for large arguments. What can you conclude about the integrability of log(gamma(x

[R] integrate lgamma from 0 to Inf

Dear R users, i try to integrate lgamma from 0 to Inf. But here i get the message roundoff error is detected in the extrapolation table, if i use 1.0e120 instead of Inf the computation works, but this is against the suggestion of integrates help information to use Inf explicitly. Using