Manpages - erf.3

erf, erff, erfl - error function

  #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 <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

*erff*(), *erfl*():

      _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
          || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
          || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

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

On success, these functions return the value of 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).

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.

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see *attributes*(7).

C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD.

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

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