ERFC
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2017-09-15
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NAME
erfc, erfcf, erfcl - complementary error function
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double erfc(double x);
float erfcf(float x);
long double erfcl(long double x);
Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
erfc():
-
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE
|| /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
erfcf(),
erfcl():
-
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
|| /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
These functions return the complementary error function of
x,
that is, 1.0 - erf(x).
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return the complementary error function of
x,
a value in the range [0,2].
If
x
is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
If
x
is +0 or -0, 1 is returned.
If
x
is positive infinity,
+0 is returned.
If
x
is negative infinity,
+2 is returned.
If the function result underflows and produces an unrepresentable value,
the return value is 0.0.
If the function result underflows but produces a representable
(i.e., subnormal) value,
that value is returned, and
a range error occurs.
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 (result is subnormal)
-
An underflow floating-point exception
(FE_UNDERFLOW)
is raised.
These functions do not set
errno.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
|
|
erfc(),
erfcf(),
erfcl()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
|
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
The variant returning
double
also conforms to
SVr4, 4.3BSD.
NOTES
The
erfc(),
erfcf(),
and
erfcl()
functions are provided to avoid the loss accuracy that
would occur for the calculation 1-erf(x) for large values of
x
(for which the value of erf(x) approaches 1).
SEE ALSO
cerf(3),
erf(3),
exp(3)
COLOPHON
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Index
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- CONFORMING TO
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- NOTES
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- SEE ALSO
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