Hi Regina, On Tuesday, 2008-04-01 18:55:35 +0200, Regina Henschel wrote:
> [... Calc and Excel ...] > GAMMADIST(x;a;b;0) = 1 / (b**a * Γ(a) ) * x**(a-1) * e**(-x/b) vs. > [... ODFF ...] > GAMMADIST(x;α;λ;FALSE()) = λ**α / Γ(α) * x**(α-1) * e**(-λ*x) > > I think, that it is no good idea to change the meaning of a function. All > old documents would break. I know there is λ=1/b and both definitions are > usual in literature, but Calc should stick to one way. I think that was an oversight and the formula present in ODFF derived from literature. It should reflect the common implementation instead if that yields acceptable results. I'll notfiy the OASIS subcommittee and change the spec if no one objects. Thanks for letting us know. > @Eike: You see, I'm still working on the subject „special functions in Calc“ I'm very pleased to see that, thank you :-) Eike -- OOo/SO Calc core developer. Number formatter stricken i18n transpositionizer. SunSign 0x87F8D412 : 2F58 5236 DB02 F335 8304 7D6C 65C9 F9B5 87F8 D412 OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't send personal mail to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] account, which I use for mailing lists only and don't read from outside Sun. Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks.
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