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+require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+
+describe "Math.gamma" do
+  it "returns +infinity given 0" do
+    Math.gamma(0).should == Float::INFINITY
+  end
+
+  platform_is_not :windows do
+    # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12249
+    it "returns -infinity given -0.0" do
+      Math.gamma(-0.0).should == -Float::INFINITY
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "returns Math.sqrt(Math::PI) given 0.5" do
+    Math.gamma(0.5).should be_close(Math.sqrt(Math::PI), TOLERANCE)
+  end
+
+  # stop at n == 23 because 23! cannot be exactly represented by IEEE 754 double
+  it "returns exactly (n-1)! given n for n between 2 and 23" do
+    fact = 1
+    2.upto(23) do |n|
+      fact *= (n - 1)
+      Math.gamma(n).should == fact
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "returns approximately (n-1)! given n for n between 24 and 30" do
+    fact2 = 1124000727777607680000  # 22!
+    24.upto(30) do |n|
+      fact2 *= n - 1
+      # compare only the first 12 places, tolerate the rest
+      Math.gamma(n).should be_close(fact2, fact2.to_s[12..-1].to_i)
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "returns good numerical approximation for gamma(3.2)" do
+    Math.gamma(3.2).should be_close(2.423965, TOLERANCE)
+  end
+
+  it "returns good numerical approximation for gamma(-2.15)" do
+    Math.gamma(-2.15).should be_close(-2.999619, TOLERANCE)
+  end
+
+  it "returns good numerical approximation for gamma(0.00001)" do
+    Math.gamma(0.00001).should be_close(99999.422794, TOLERANCE)
+  end
+
+  it "returns good numerical approximation for gamma(-0.00001)" do
+    Math.gamma(-0.00001).should be_close(-100000.577225, TOLERANCE)
+  end
+
+  it "raises Math::DomainError given -1" do
+    lambda { Math.gamma(-1) }.should raise_error(Math::DomainError)
+  end
+
+  # See https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10642
+  it "returns +infinity given +infinity" do
+    Math.gamma(infinity_value).infinite?.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "raises Math::DomainError given negative infinity" do
+    lambda { Math.gamma(-Float::INFINITY) }.should raise_error(Math::DomainError)
+  end
+
+  it "returns NaN given NaN" do
+    Math.gamma(nan_value).nan?.should be_true
+  end
+end