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# scipy.special.gamma

`scipy.special.``gamma`(x[, out])

  y=gamma(z) returns the gamma function of the argument. The gamma function is often referred to as the generalized factorial since z*gamma(z) = gamma(z+1) and gamma(n+1) = n! for natural number n.

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