#10075: Make log gamma symbolic
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   Reporter:  kcrisman     |          Owner:  burcin       
       Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  needs_review 
   Priority:  major        |      Milestone:  sage-5.0     
  Component:  symbolics    |       Keywords:  sd35.5       
Work_issues:               |       Upstream:  N/A          
   Reviewer:               |         Author:  Karen T. Kohl
     Merged:               |   Dependencies:               
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Comment(by kcrisman):

 Burcin points out that
 {{{
 sage: log_gamma(-2.1)
 NaN
 }}}
 is not good.  Sage itself does
 {{{
 sage: log(gamma(-2.1))
 1.53171380819509 + 3.14159265358979*I
 }}}
 but Wolfram Alpha says
 {{{
 1.53171... - 9.42478... i
 }}}
 so the branches seem to differ even there.

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