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50831f9b | 35 | .TH ERF 3 2010-09-20 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
fea681da | 36 | .SH NAME |
6d5ff921 | 37 | erf, erff, erfl, \- error function |
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38 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
39 | .nf | |
40 | .B #include <math.h> | |
d70f215a | 41 | |
fea681da | 42 | .BI "double erf(double " x ); |
fea681da | 43 | .BI "float erff(float " x ); |
fea681da | 44 | .BI "long double erfl(long double " x ); |
d70f215a | 45 | |
fea681da | 46 | .fi |
20c58d70 | 47 | Link with \fI\-lm\fP. |
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48 | .sp |
49 | .in -4n | |
50 | Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see | |
51 | .BR feature_test_macros (7)): | |
52 | .in | |
53 | .sp | |
54 | .ad l | |
280a7a95 | 55 | .BR erf (): |
cf22cd40 | 56 | .RS 4 |
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57 | _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE || _ISOC99_SOURCE || |
58 | _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L; | |
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59 | .br |
60 | or | |
cc4615cc | 61 | .I cc\ -std=c99 |
cf22cd40 | 62 | .RE |
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63 | .br |
64 | .BR erff (), | |
280a7a95 | 65 | .BR erfl (): |
cf22cd40 | 66 | .RS 4 |
f1cb91e2 | 67 | _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE || |
85f4ef69 | 68 | _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L; |
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69 | .br |
70 | or | |
6d5ff921 | 71 | .I cc\ -std=c99 |
cf22cd40 | 72 | .RE |
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fea681da | 74 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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75 | The |
76 | .BR erf () | |
6d5ff921 | 77 | function returns the error function of \fIx\fP, defined |
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78 | as |
79 | .TP | |
658670de | 80 | erf(x) = 2/sqrt(pi)* integral from 0 to x of exp(\-t*t) dt |
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81 | .SH RETURN VALUE |
82 | On success, these functions return the error function of | |
83 | .IR x , | |