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mingamma.gms : Minimal y of GAMMA(x)


Find minimum of y=gamma(x) and y=loggamma(x) for x>0

Reference:
Small Model of Type: DNLP
$Title Minimal y of GAMMA(x) (MINGAMMA,SEQ=299) $ontext Find minimum of y=gamma(x) and y=loggamma(x) for x>0 Sloane, N J A, The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences; Sequence A030169. http://www.research.att.com/projects/OEIS?Anum=A030169 $offtext variables y1,y2,x1,x2; equations y1def,y2def; x1.lo = 0.01; x2.lo = 0.01; y1def.. y1 =e= gamma(x1); y2def.. y2 =e= loggamma(x2); model m1 /y1def/ m2 /y2def/; solve m1 minimizing y1 using dnlp; solve m2 minimizing y2 using nlp; scalar x1opt / 1.46163214496836 /, x1delta, x2delta y1opt / 0.8856031944108887 /, y1delta, y2delta y2opt; y2opt := log(y1opt); option decimals=8; x1delta = x1.l - x1opt; y1delta = y1.l - y1opt; x2delta = x2.l - x1opt; y2delta = y2.l - y2opt; display x1.l,x2.l,y1.l,y2.l,x1opt,y1opt,y2opt, x1delta,x2delta,y1delta,y2delta; scalar tol / 1e-6 /; abort$(abs(x1delta) > tol or abs(x2delta) > tol or abs(y1delta) > tol or abs(y2delta) > tol ) "inconsistent results";