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Returns lgamma(y) - lgamma(x + y), accurately.
tfp.math.log_gamma_difference(
x, y, name=None
)
This is more accurate than subtracting lgammas directly because lgamma grows
as x log(x) - x + o(x), and thus subtracting the value of lgamma for two
close, large arguments incurs catastrophic cancellation.
When y >= 8, the method is to partition lgamma into the Stirling
approximation and the correction log_gamma_correction, symbolically cancel
the former, and compute and subtract the latter.
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x
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Floating-point Tensor. x should be non-negative, and elementwise no
more than y.
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y
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Floating-point Tensor. y should be positive.
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name
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Optional Python str naming the operation.
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Returns | |
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lgamma_diff
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Floating-point Tensor, the difference lgamma(y) - lgamma(x+y), computed elementwise. |