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CERF(3)                       Linux Programmer's Manual                       CERF(3)

NAME         top

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

SYNOPSIS         top

       #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         top

       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         top

       The function names are reserved for future use in C99.

AVAILABILITY         top

       Not yet in glibc, as at version 2.8.

SEE ALSO         top

       erf(3), complex(7)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.23 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

                                      2007-12-26                              CERF(3)