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- # Copyright (C) 1995 John W. Eaton
- #
- # This file is part of Octave.
- #
- # Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
- # Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
- # later version.
- #
- # Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
- # for more details.
- #
- # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- # along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
- # Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- function retval = beta (a, b)
-
- # usage: beta (a, b)
- #
- # Returns the beta function beta(a,b) = gamma(a) * gamma(b) / gamma(a+b)
- # of a and b.
-
- # Written by KH (Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at) on Jun 13, 1993
-
- if (nargin != 2)
- usage ("beta (a, b)");
- endif
-
- retval = exp (lgamma (a) + lgamma (b) - lgamma (a+b));
-
- endfunction
-
-