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trigamma.hpp
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1 #ifndef STAN_MATH_PRIM_SCAL_FUN_TRIGAMMA_HPP
2 #define STAN_MATH_PRIM_SCAL_FUN_TRIGAMMA_HPP
3
4 // Reference:
5 // BE Schneider,
6 // Algorithm AS 121:
7 // Trigamma Function,
8 // Applied Statistics,
9 // Volume 27, Number 1, pages 97-99, 1978.
10
11 #include <stan/math/prim/scal/fun/constants.hpp>
12 #include <cmath>
13
14 namespace stan {
15
16 namespace math {
17
47 template <typename T>
48 inline
49 T
50 trigamma(T x) {
51 using std::floor;
52 using std::sin;
53
54 double small = 0.0001;
55 double large = 5.0;
56 T value;
57 T y;
58 T z;
59
60 // bernoulli numbers
61 double b2 = 1.0 / 6.0;
62 double b4 = -1.0 / 30.0;
63 double b6 = 1.0 / 42.0;
64 double b8 = -1.0 / 30.0;
65
66 // negative integers and zero return postiive infinity
67 // see http:// mathworld.wolfram.com/PolygammaFunction.html
68 if ((x <= 0.0) && (floor(x) == x)) {
69 value = positive_infinity();
70 return value;
71 }
72
73 // negative non-integers: use the reflection formula
74 // see http:// mathworld.wolfram.com/PolygammaFunction.html
75 if ((x <= 0) && (floor(x) != x)) {
76 value = -trigamma(-x + 1.0) + (pi() / sin(-pi() * x))
77 * (pi() / sin(-pi() * x));
78 return value;
79 }
80
81 // small value approximation if x <= small.
82 if (x <= small)
83 return 1.0 / (x * x);
84
85 // use recurrence relation until x >= large
86 // see http:// mathworld.wolfram.com/PolygammaFunction.html
87 z = x;
88 value = 0.0;
89 while (z < large) {
90 value += 1.0 / (z * z);
91 z += 1.0;
92 }
93
94 // asymptotic expansion as a Laurent series if x >= large
95 // see http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigamma_function
96 y = 1.0 / (z * z);
97 value += 0.5 * y + (1.0 + y * (b2 + y * (b4 + y * (b6 + y * b8)))) / z;
98
99 return value;
100 }
101 }
102 }
103
104 #endif
stan::math::trigamma
T trigamma(T x)
Definition: trigamma.hpp:50
stan::math::sin
fvar< T > sin(const fvar< T > &x)
Definition: sin.hpp:14
stan::math::positive_infinity
double positive_infinity()
Return positive infinity.
Definition: constants.hpp:123
constants.hpp
stan::math::floor
fvar< T > floor(const fvar< T > &x)
Definition: floor.hpp:11
stan::math::pi
double pi()
Return the value of pi.
Definition: constants.hpp:86

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