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.IX Title "build::libcerf::src::libcerf::man::cerf 3"
.TH build::libcerf::src::libcerf::man::cerf 3 2024-07-03 "perl v5.38.2" "libcerf manual"
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.SH NAME
cerf, cerfc \- complex error functions
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&\fB#include <cerf.h\fR>
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\&\fBdouble _Complex cerf ( double _Complex z );\fR
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\&\fBdouble _Complex cerfc ( double _Complex z );\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
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The function \fBcerf\fR is the complex version of the error function: erf(z) = 2/sqrt(pi) * integral from 0 to z of exp(\-t*t) dt.
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The complementary complex error function \fBcerfc\fR is defined as erfc(z) = 1\-cerf(z).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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The computations are based on Faddeeva's function \fBw_of_z\|(3)\fR.
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Other complex error functions in libcerf:
\&\fBw_of_z\fR(3), \fBdawson\fR(3), \fBvoigt\fR(3), \fBerfcx\fR(3), \fBerfi\fR(3).
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The real error function comes with recent versions of glibc, as requested by the C99 standard:
\&\fBerf\fR(3)
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Homepage: http://apps.jcns.fz\-juelich.de/libcerf
.SH AUTHORS
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Steven G. Johnson, http://math.mit.edu/~stevenj,
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
  researched the numerics, and implemented the Faddeeva function.
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Joachim Wuttke <j.wuttke@fz\-juelich.de>, Forschungszentrum Juelich,
  reorganized the code into a library, and wrote this man page.
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Please report bugs to the authors.
.SH COPYING
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Copyright (c) 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Copyright (c) 2013 Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
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Software: MIT License.
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This documentation: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike.