NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON 

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NAME         top

       erf, erff, erfl, - error function

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <math.h>
       double erf(double x);
       float erff(float x);
       long double erfl(long double x);
       Link with -lm.
   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
       erf():
           _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE
               || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
               || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
       erff(), erfl():
           _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
               || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
               || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION         top

       These functions return the error function of x, defined as
           erf(x) = 2/sqrt(pi)* integral from 0 to x of exp(-t*t) dt

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, these functions return the error function of x, a value
       in the range [-1, 1].
       If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
       If x is +0 (-0), +0 (-0) is returned.
       If x is positive infinity (negative infinity), +1 (-1) is returned.
       If x is subnormal, a range error occurs, and the return value is
       2*x/sqrt(pi).

ERRORS         top

       See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an
       error has occurred when calling these functions.
       The following errors can occur:
       Range error: result underflow (x is subnormal)
              An underflow floating-point exception (FE_UNDERFLOW) is
              raised.
       These functions do not set errno.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface             │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │erf(), erff(), erfl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
       The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO         top

       cerf(3), erfc(3), exp(3)

COLOPHON         top

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