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fix: return 0 or 1 from Chi and Gamma cdf/sf when the argument under/overflows #475

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28 changes: 20 additions & 8 deletions src/distribution/chi.rs
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Expand Up @@ -119,12 +119,13 @@ impl ContinuousCDF<f64, f64> for Chi {
/// where `k` is the degrees of freedom and `P` is
/// the regularized lower incomplete Gamma function
fn cdf(&self, x: f64) -> f64 {
if x == f64::INFINITY {
1.0
} else if x <= 0.0 {
let u = x * x / 2.0;
if x <= 0.0 || u == 0.0 {
0.0
} else if u == f64::INFINITY {
1.0
} else {
gamma::gamma_lr(self.freedom() as f64 / 2.0, x * x / 2.0)
gamma::gamma_lr(self.freedom() as f64 / 2.0, u)
}
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve the small positive Chi::cdf value when x * x underflows.

For Chi::new(1) and x = 1e-200, x * x / 2.0 rounds to 0.0. The new guard then returns 0.0, although the CDF is approximately sqrt(2/π) * x, which is representable. Apply a log-domain small-argument evaluation before returning the zero endpoint. The survival function can continue to return 1.0 for this case because the omitted CDF is below half an ulp at 1.0.

Suggested fix 
-        let u = x * x / 2.0;
+        let log_u = 2.0 * x.abs().ln() - 2.0_f64.ln();

-        if u == 0.0 {
-            0.0
+        if log_u < f64::MIN_POSITIVE.ln() {
+            (self.freedom() as f64 / 2.0 * log_u
+                - (self.freedom() as f64 / 2.0).ln()
+                - gamma::ln_gamma(self.freedom() as f64 / 2.0))
+            .exp()
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Review comment at @src/distribution/chi.rs around lines 124 - 131:
Update the zero-endpoint handling in Chi::cdf to preserve representable small
positive CDF values when calculating x * x / 2.0 underflows. Evaluate the
small-argument result in the log domain before returning zero, while keeping the
existing survival-function behavior unchanged.

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Expand All @@ -140,12 +141,13 @@ impl ContinuousCDF<f64, f64> for Chi {
/// where `k` is the degrees of freedom and `P` is
/// the regularized upper incomplete Gamma function
fn sf(&self, x: f64) -> f64 {
if x == f64::INFINITY {
0.0
} else if x <= 0.0 {
let u = x * x / 2.0;
if x <= 0.0 || u == 0.0 {
1.0
} else if u == f64::INFINITY {
0.0
} else {
gamma::gamma_ur(self.freedom() as f64 / 2.0, x * x / 2.0)
gamma::gamma_ur(self.freedom() as f64 / 2.0, u)
}
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -503,6 +505,11 @@ mod tests {
test_exact(2, 1.0, cdf(f64::INFINITY));
test_exact(2, 0.0, cdf(0.0));
test_exact(2, 1.0, cdf(f64::INFINITY));
// x * x / 2 underflows to 0 or overflows to infinity
test_exact(1, 0.0, cdf(1e-200));
test_exact(3, 0.0, cdf(1e-200));
test_exact(1, 1.0, cdf(1e160));
test_exact(3, 1.0, cdf(f64::MAX));
}

#[test]
Expand All @@ -520,18 +527,23 @@ mod tests {
test_exact(2, 0.0, sf(f64::INFINITY));
test_exact(2, 1.0, sf(0.0));
test_exact(2, 0.0, sf(f64::INFINITY));
test_exact(1, 1.0, sf(1e-200));
test_exact(1, 0.0, sf(1e160));
test_exact(3, 0.0, sf(f64::MAX));
}

#[test]
fn test_neg_cdf() {
let cdf = |arg: f64| move |x: Chi| x.cdf(arg);
test_exact(1, 0.0, cdf(-1.0));
test_exact(1, 0.0, cdf(f64::NEG_INFINITY));
}

#[test]
fn test_neg_sf() {
let sf = |arg: f64| move |x: Chi| x.sf(arg);
test_exact(1, 1.0, sf(-1.0));
test_exact(1, 1.0, sf(f64::NEG_INFINITY));
}

#[test]
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16 changes: 14 additions & 2 deletions src/distribution/gamma.rs
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Expand Up @@ -152,8 +152,10 @@ impl ContinuousCDF<f64, f64> for Gamma {
1.0
} else if self.rate.is_infinite() {
0.0
} else if x.is_infinite() {
} else if x.is_infinite() || (x * self.rate).is_infinite() {
1.0
} else if x * self.rate == 0.0 {
0.0
} else {
gamma::gamma_lr(self.shape, x * self.rate)
}
Expand All @@ -177,8 +179,10 @@ impl ContinuousCDF<f64, f64> for Gamma {
0.0
} else if self.rate.is_infinite() {
1.0
} else if x.is_infinite() {
} else if x.is_infinite() || (x * self.rate).is_infinite() {
0.0
} else if x * self.rate == 0.0 {
1.0
} else {
gamma::gamma_ur(self.shape, x * self.rate)
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -745,6 +749,14 @@ mod tests {
test_relative(1.0, 0.1, 0.0, |x| x.cdf(0.0));
}

#[test]
fn test_cdf_sf_when_x_times_rate_overflows_or_underflows() {
test_exact(2.5, 1.5, 1.0, |g| g.cdf(f64::MAX));
test_exact(2.5, 1.5, 0.0, |g| g.sf(f64::MAX));
test_exact(1.0, 0.5, 0.0, |g| g.cdf(5e-324));
test_exact(1.0, 0.5, 1.0, |g| g.sf(5e-324));
}

#[test]
fn test_infinite_rate_special_point_is_exact() {
let dist = create_ok(10.0, f64::INFINITY);
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