来源:http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/90734366.html
简单的说就是整数阶乘的推广,它有一个积分的表达式:
Γ(x)=∫e^(-t)*t^(x-1)dt (积分的下限式0,上限式+∞)
算法源自《常用算法程序集》徐士良
#include "stdio.h"
double Gamma(x)
double x;
{
int i;
double y,t,s,u;
static double a[11]={ 0.0000677106,-0.0003442342, 0.0015397681,
-0.0024467480, 0.0109736958,-0.0002109075,
0.0742379071, 0.0815782188, 0.4118402518,
0.4227843370, 1.0};
if (x<=0.0)
{
printf("err**x<=0!\n");
return(-1.0);
}
y=x;
if (y<=1.0)
{
t=1.0/(y*(y+1.0));
y=y+2.0;
}
else
if(y<=2.0)
{
t=1.0/y;
y=y+1.0;
}
else
if(y<=3.0)
{
t=1.0;
}
else
{
t=1.0;
while (y>3.0)
{
y=y-1.0;
t=t*y;
}
}
s=a[0];
u=y-2.0;
for (i=1; i<=10; i++)
{
s=s*u+a[i];
}
s=s*t;
return(s);
}
double DecimalFactorial(double x)
{
return Gamma(x+1);
}
void main()
{
printf("%f\n",DecimalFactorial(3.5));
}
求小数阶乘: 3.5!=Γ(x+1)=11.631730