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Re: st: gamma
From
David Hoaglin <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: gamma
Date
Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:22:27 -0400
Jason,
digamma() is the first derivative of the gamma function, and
trigamma() is the second derivative.
David Hoaglin
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:47 AM, Jason Rosenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry to continue this thread,
>
> but I read the help function guide and help lngamma(), but I still get different results for the gamma function from that of RGui(32-bit) as in:
>
> I type this in stata:
> di lngamma(3/4)
>
> and get:
> .20328095
>
> but in R I get gamma(3/4)=1.225417
>
> I've tried digamma() and trigamma() in stata just to see and they of course also give me different results.
> any advice? I am modeling equations and it would be very helpful not to jump in between R and stata
>
> Also I'm sure the one R is evaluating is the correct one for my purposes.
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