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<span class="pageSubtitle">LGamma function</span>
<p class="warn"><b>Note:</b> Many $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. There is currently no direct OO equivalent for the <var>$LGamma</var> function.</p>

The <var>$LGamma</var> function returns the value:
<p class="code">log<sub>e</sub> <sub>0</sub>&int;<sup>&infin;</sup> u<sup>x-1</sup> e<sup>-u</sup> du </p>

==Syntax==
<p class="syntax"><span class="term">%num</span><span class="literal"> = $LGamma(</span><span class="term">x</span><span class="literal">)</span>  </p>

==Usage notes==
<ul>
<li>If ''x'' is not in the range 0 < ''x'' < 4.2938 * 10<sup>73</sup>,
an error message is printed and a 0 is returned.
</ul>

[[Category: Mathematical $functions]]