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/**
* @license Apache-2.0
*
* Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
* ## Notice
*
* The original C code, copyright, license, and constants are from [Cephes]{@link http://www.netlib.org/cephes}. The implementation follows the original, but has been modified for JavaScript.
*
* ```text
* Copyright 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2000 by Stephen L. Moshier
*
* Some software in this archive may be from the book _Methods and Programs for Mathematical Functions_ (Prentice-Hall or Simon & Schuster International, 1989) or from the Cephes Mathematical Library, a commercial product. In either event, it is copyrighted by the author. What you see here may be used freely but it comes with no support or guarantee.
*
* Stephen L. Moshier
* moshier@na-net.ornl.gov
* ```
*/
 
'use strict';
 
// MODULES //
 
var SQRT_TWO_PI = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/sqrt-two-pi' );
var pow = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/pow' );
var exp = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/exp' );
var polyval = require( './polyval_s.js' );
 
 
// VARIABLES //
 
var MAX_STIRLING = 143.01608;
 
 
// MAIN //
 
/**
* Evaluates the gamma function using Stirling's formula. The polynomial is valid for \\(33 \leq x \leq 172\\).
*
* @private
* @param {number} x - input value
* @returns {number} function value
*/
function gamma( x ) {
	var w;
	var y;
	var v;
 
	w = 1.0 / x;
	w = 1.0 + ( w * polyval( w ) );
	y = exp( x );
 
	// Check `x` to avoid `pow()` overflow...
	if ( x > MAX_STIRLING ) {
		v = pow( x, ( 0.5*x ) - 0.25 );
		y = v * (v/y);
	} else {
		y = pow( x, x-0.5 ) / y;
	}
	return SQRT_TWO_PI * y * w;
}
 
 
// EXPORTS //
 
module.exports = gamma;