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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)erf.3m      6.2 (Berkeley) 5/12/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH ERF 3M  "May 12, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 6
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: erf, erfc \- error functions
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .nf
        !            13: .B #include <math.h>
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: .B double erf(x)
        !            16: .B double x;
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: .B double erfc(x)
        !            19: .B double x;
        !            20: .fi
        !            21: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            22: Erf\|(x) returns the error function of x; where
        !            23: .if n \{\
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: erf(x) = 2/sqrt(pi)\(**\|integral from 0 to x of exp(\-t\(**t) dt. \}
        !            26: .if t \{\
        !            27: erf\|(x) := 
        !            28: (2/\(sr\(*p)\|\(is\d\s8\z0\s10\u\u\s8x\s10\d\|exp(\-t\u\s82\s10\d)\|dt. \}
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: Erfc\|(x) returns 1.0\-erf\|(x).
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: The entry for erfc is provided because of the extreme loss
        !            33: of relative accuracy if erf\|(x) is called for large x
        !            34: and the result subtracted from 1.
        !            35: (e.g. for x = 10, 12 places are lost).
        !            36: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            37: math(3M)

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