Hi, I'm stuck in question 3, part (2) and was hoping to get any hints on how to take the log of gamma(a + b). I've tried searching on the internet but it's confusing me more!. Thanks, Cecilia -----Original Message----- From: gov2001-l-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l-bounces@lists.fas.harvard.edu]On Behalf Of Olivia Lau Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 3:54 PM To: gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: Re: [gov2001-l] WG: parameterization of product symbol (uppercasePi) in R For numerical stability, you should use the sum of log terms, not prod(). Olivia. On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Jens Hainmueller wrote: _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l