NAME


erf, erff, erfl, - error function

SYNOPSIS


#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(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99 erff(), erfl(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600|| _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99

DESCRIPTION


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

RETURN VALUE


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


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.

CONFORMING TO


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

SEE ALSO


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

COLOPHON


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