94 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
94 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)erf.3 6.4 (Berkeley) 4/20/91
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd April 20, 1991
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.Dt ERF 3
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.Os BSD 4.3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm erf ,
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.Nm erff ,
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.Nm erfc ,
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.Nm erfcf
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.Nd error function operators
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <math.h>
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.Ft double
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.Fn erf "double x"
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.Ft float
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.Fn erff "float x"
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.Ft double
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.Fn erfc "double x"
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.Ft float
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.Fn erfcf "float x"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These functions calculate the error function of
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.Fa x .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn erf
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and the
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.Fn erff
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functions calculate the error function of x; where
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.Bd -filled -offset indent
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.if n \{\
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erf(x) = 2/sqrt(pi)\(**\|integral from 0 to x of exp(\-t\(**t) dt. \}
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.if t \{\
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erf\|(x) :=
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(2/\(sr\(*p)\|\(is\d\s8\z0\s10\u\u\s8x\s10\d\|exp(\-t\u\s82\s10\d)\|dt. \}
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn erfc
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and the
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.Fn erfcf
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functions calculate the complementary error function of
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.Fa x ;
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that is
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.Fn erfc
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subtracts the result of the error function
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.Fn erf x
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from 1.0.
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This is useful, since for large
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.Fa x
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places disappear.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr math 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn erf
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and
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.Fn erfc
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functions appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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