CERF

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2007-12-26
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NAME

cerf, cerff, cerfl, cerfc, cerfcf, cerfcl - complex error function

SYNOPSIS

#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);

Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

The function cerf() is the complex version of the error function. erf(z) = 2/sqrt(pi) * integral from 0 to z of exp(-t*t) dt. 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 at version 2.8.

COLOPHON

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