ee.Number.gamma

  • The gamma() method computes the gamma function of a number.

  • It takes a single number input.

  • The method returns a number.

  • Inputs less than or equal to 0 are invalid.

 Computes the gamma function of the input.

UsageReturns
Number.gamma()Number
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: inputNumberThe input value.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// Values less than or equal to 0 are invalid.
print('Gamma for 0.001', ee.Number(0.001).gamma());  // 999.423772484
print('Gamma for 0.5', ee.Number(0.5).gamma());  // 1.772453850
print('Gamma for 1', ee.Number(1).gamma());  // 1
print('Gamma for 100', ee.Number(100).gamma());  // 9.332621544e+155
print('Gamma for 200', ee.Number(200).gamma());  // Infinity

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

# Values less than or equal to 0 are invalid.
print('Gamma for 0.001:', ee.Number(0.001).gamma().getInfo())  # 999.423772484
print('Gamma for 0.5:', ee.Number(0.5).gamma().getInfo())  # 1.772453850
print('Gamma for 1:', ee.Number(1).gamma().getInfo())  # 1
print('Gamma for 100:', ee.Number(100).gamma().getInfo())  # 9.332621544e+155
print('Gamma for 200:', ee.Number(200).gamma().getInfo())  # Infinity