complex error function

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NAME

cerf, cerff, cerfl, cerfc, cerfcf, cerfcl

INTERFACE

#include <complex.h>

double complex cerf(double complex z ); float complex cerff(float complex z ); long double complex cerfl(long double complex z );

double complex cerfc(double complex z ); float complex cerfcf(float complex z ); long double complex cerfcl(long double complex z );

DESCRIPTION

The function cerf is the complex version of the error function, defined through:

{\rm erf}(z) := \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_0^z \exp \left(-t^2\right) \,{\rm d}t.
(1)

The function cerfc is defined as cerfc(z) = 1 - cerf(z).

CONFORMING TO

The function names are reserved for future use in C99.

AVAILABILITY

Not yet in glibc, as of version 2.4.

Link with -lm

SEE ALSO

carg