/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */

/*
 Copyright (C) 2003 Ferdinando Ametrano

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/*! \file beta.hpp
    \brief Beta and beta incomplete functions
*/

#ifndef quantlib_math_beta_h
#define quantlib_math_beta_h

#include <ql/math/distributions/gammadistribution.hpp>

namespace QuantLib {

    inline Real betaFunction(Real z, Real w) {
    return std::exp(GammaFunction().logValue(z) +
                    GammaFunction().logValue(w) -
                    GammaFunction().logValue(z+w));
    }

    Real betaContinuedFraction(Real a,
                               Real b,
                               Real x,
                               Real accuracy = 1e-16,
                               Integer maxIteration = 100);

    //! Incomplete Beta function
    /*! Incomplete Beta function

        The implementation of the algorithm was inspired by
        "Numerical Recipes in C", 2nd edition,
        Press, Teukolsky, Vetterling, Flannery, chapter 6
    */
    Real incompleteBetaFunction(Real a,
                                Real b,
                                Real x,
                                Real accuracy = 1e-16,
                                Integer maxIteration = 100);

}


#endif
