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17  package org.apache.commons.numbers.gamma;
18  
19  /**
20   * Function \( \ln \Gamma(1 + x) \).
21   *
22   * Class is immutable.
23   */
24  final class LogGamma1p {
25      /** Private constructor. */
26      private LogGamma1p() {
27          // intentionally empty
28      }
29  
30      /**
31       * Computes the function \( \ln \Gamma(1 + x) \) for \( -0.5 \leq x \leq 1.5 \).
32       *
33       * This implementation is based on the double precision implementation in
34       * the <em>NSWC Library of Mathematics Subroutines</em>, {@code DGMLN1}.
35       *
36       * @param x Argument.
37       * @return \( \ln \Gamma(1 + x) \)
38       * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code x < -0.5} or {@code x > 1.5}.
39       */
40      public static double value(final double x) {
41          if (x < -0.5 || x > 1.5) {
42              throw new GammaException(GammaException.OUT_OF_RANGE, x, -0.5, 1.5);
43          }
44  
45          return -Math.log1p(InvGamma1pm1.value(x));
46      }
47  }