iterGamma

Create an iterator which iteratively evaluates the gamma function.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/math-iter-special-gamma

Usage

var iterGamma = require( '@stdlib/math-iter-special-gamma' );

iterGamma( iterator )

Returns an iterator which iteratively evaluates the gamma function.

var array2iterator = require( '@stdlib/array-to-iterator' );

var it = iterGamma( array2iterator( [ 4.0, -1.5, -0.5 ] ) );
// returns <Object>

var r = it.next().value;
// returns 6.0

r = it.next().value;
// returns ~2.363

r = it.next().value;
// returns ~-3.545

// ...

The returned iterator protocol-compliant object has the following properties:

• next: function which returns an iterator protocol-compliant object containing the next iterated value (if one exists) assigned to a value property and a done property having a boolean value indicating whether the iterator is finished.
• return: function which closes an iterator and returns a single (optional) argument in an iterator protocol-compliant object.

Notes

• If an iterated value is non-numeric (including NaN), the returned iterator returns NaN. If non-numeric iterated values are possible, you are advised to provide an iterator which type checks and handles non-numeric values accordingly.
• If an environment supports Symbol.iterator and a provided iterator is iterable, the returned iterator is iterable.

Examples

var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random-iter-uniform' );
var iterGamma = require( '@stdlib/math-iter-special-gamma' );

// Create a seeded iterator for generating pseudorandom numbers:
var rand = uniform( -2.0, 2.0, {
    'seed': 1234,
    'iter': 10
});

// Create an iterator which consumes the pseudorandom number iterator:
var it = iterGamma( rand );

// Perform manual iteration...
var r;
while ( true ) {
    r = it.next();
    if ( r.done ) {
        break;
    }
    console.log( r.value );
}

See Also

• @stdlib/math-base/special/gamma: gamma function.
• @stdlib/math-iter/special/gamma1pm1: create an iterator which computes gamma(x+1) - 1 for each iterated value.
• @stdlib/math-iter/special/gammaln: create an iterator which evaluates the natural logarithm of the gamma function for each iterated value.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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