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/** @file ncbi_math.h
 * Prototypes for portable math library (ported from C Toolkit)
 */
 
#ifndef ALGO_BLAST_CORE__NCBIMATH
#define ALGO_BLAST_CORE__NCBIMATH
 
#include <algo/blast/core/ncbi_std.h> 
#include <algo/blast/core/blast_export.h>
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
 
/** Natural logarithm with shifted input
 *  @param x input operand (x > -1)
 *  @return log(x+1)
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
double BLAST_Log1p (double x);
 
/** Exponentional with base e 
 *  @param x input operand
 *  @return exp(x) - 1
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
double BLAST_Expm1 (double x);
 
/** Factorial function
 *  @param n input operand
 *  @return (double)(1 * 2 * 3 * ... * n)
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
double BLAST_Factorial(Int4 n);
 
/** Logarithm of the factorial 
 *  @param x input operand
 *  @return log(1 * 2 * 3 * ... * x)
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
double BLAST_LnFactorial (double x);
 
/** log(gamma(n)), integral n 
 *  @param n input operand
 *  @return log(1 * 2 * 3 * ... (n-1))
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
double BLAST_LnGammaInt (Int4 n);
 
/** Romberg numerical integrator 
 *  @param f Pointer to the function to integrate; the first argument
 *               is the variable to integrate over, the second is a pointer
 *               to a list of additional arguments that f may need
 *  @param fargs Pointer to an array of extra arguments or parameters
 *               needed to compute the function to be integrated. None
 *               of the items in this list may vary over the region
 *               of integration
 *  @param p Left-hand endpoint of the integration interval
 *  @param q Right-hand endpoint of the integration interval
 *           (q is assumed > p)
 *  @param eps The relative error tolerance that indicates convergence
 *  @param epsit The number of consecutive diagonal entries in the 
 *               Romberg array whose relative difference must be less than
 *               eps before convergence is assumed. This is presently 
 *               limited to 1, 2, or 3
 *  @param itmin The minimum number of diagnonal Romberg entries that
 *               will be computed
 *  @return The computed integral of f() between p and q
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
double BLAST_RombergIntegrate (double (*f) (double, void*), 
                               void* fargs, double p, double q, 
                               double eps, Int4 epsit, Int4 itmin);
 
/** Greatest common divisor 
 *  @param a First operand (any integer)
 *  @param b Second operand (any integer)
 *  @return The largest integer that evenly divides a and b
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
Int4 BLAST_Gcd (Int4 a, Int4 b);
 
/** Divide 3 numbers by their greatest common divisor
 * @param a First integer [in] [out]
 * @param b Second integer [in] [out]
 * @param c Third integer [in] [out]
 * @return The greatest common divisor
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
Int4 BLAST_Gdb3(Int4* a, Int4* b, Int4* c);
 
/** Nearest integer 
 *  @param x Input to round (rounded value must be representable
 *           as a 32-bit signed integer)
 *  @return floor(x + 0.5);
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
long BLAST_Nint (double x);
 
/** Integral power of x 
 * @param x floating-point base of the exponential
 * @param n (integer) exponent
 * @return x multiplied by itself n times
 */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT 
double BLAST_Powi (double x, Int4 n);
 
/** The error function of x: the integral from 0 to x of e(-t*t) dt,
 *  scaled by 2/sqrt(pi) to fall within the range (-1,1). */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT
double BLAST_Erf (double x);
 
/** The complementary error function of x: 1 - erf(x), but calculated
 *  more accurately for large x (where erf(x) approaches unity). */
NCBI_XBLAST_EXPORT
double BLAST_ErfC (double x);
 
/** Number of derivatives of log(x) to carry in gamma-related 
    computations */
#define LOGDERIV_ORDER_MAX  4  
/** Number of derivatives of polygamma(x) to carry in gamma-related 
    computations for non-integral values of x */
#define POLYGAMMA_ORDER_MAX LOGDERIV_ORDER_MAX
 
/** value of pi is only used in gamma-related computations */
#define NCBIMATH_PI 3.1415926535897932384626433832795
 
/** Natural log(2) */
#define NCBIMATH_LN2    0.69314718055994530941723212145818
/** Natural log(PI) */
#define NCBIMATH_LNPI   1.1447298858494001741434273513531
 
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
 
#endif /* !ALGO_BLAST_CORE__NCBIMATH */