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Random Entry New in MathWorld MathWorld Classroom About MathWorld Contribute to MathWorld Send a Message to the Team MathWorld Book Wolfram Web Resources» 13,594 entries Last updated: Tue Sep 27 2016 Created, developed, and nurturedbyEricWeisstein at WolframResearch Calculus and Analysis>Special Functions>Erf> Calculus and complementary error function excel Analysis>Complex Analysis>Entire Functions> Calculus and Analysis>Calculus>Integrals>Definite Integrals> More... Interactive Entries>webMathematica Examples> History and Terminology>Wolfram complementary error function calculator Language Commands> Less... Erfc Erfc is the complementary error function, commonly denoted , is an entire function defined by (1) complementary error function table (2) It is implemented in the Wolfram Language as Erfc[z]. Note that some authors (e.g., Whittaker and Watson 1990, p.341) define without the leading factor of . For , (3) where is the incomplete gamma
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function. The derivative is given by (4) and the indefinite integral by (5) It has the special values (6) (7) (8) It satisfies the identity (9) It has definite integrals (10) (11) (12) For , is bounded by (13) Min Max Re Im Erfc can also be extended to the complex plane, as illustrated above. A generalization is obtained from the erfc differential equation (14) (Abramowitz and Stegun 1972, inverse complementary error function p.299; Zwillinger 1997, p.122). The general solution is then (15) where is the repeated erfc integral. For integer , (16) (17) (18) (19) (Abramowitz and Stegun 1972, p.299), where is a confluent hypergeometric function of the first kind and is a gamma function. The first few values, extended by the definition for and 0, are given by (20) (21) (22) SEE ALSO: Erf, Erfc Differential Equation, Erfi, Inverse Erfc RELATED WOLFRAM SITES: http://functions.wolfram.com/GammaBetaErf/Erfc/ REFERENCES: Abramowitz, M. and Stegun, I.A. (Eds.). "Repeated Integrals of the Error Function." §7.2 in Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, 9th printing. New York: Dover, pp.299-300, 1972. Arfken, G. Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 3rd ed. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, pp.568-569, 1985. Press, W.H.; Flannery, B.P.; Teukolsky, S.A.; and Vetterling, W.T. "Incomplete Gamma Function, Error Function, Chi-Square Probability Function, Cumulative Poisson Function." §6.2 in Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN: The Art of Scientific Computing, 2nd ed. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, pp.209-214, 1992. Spanier, J. and Oldham, K.B. "The Error Function and Its Complement " and "The and and Related Functions." Chs.40 and 41 in An Atlas of Functions. Washington, DC: Hemisphere, pp.385-393 and 395-403, 1987. Whittaker, E.T. and Watson, G.N. A Course in Modern Analysis, 4th ed. Cam
that occurs in probability, statistics, and partial differential equations describing diffusion. It is defined as:[1][2] erf ( x ) = 1 π ∫ − x x e − t 2 d t = 2 π ∫ 0 x e − t complementary error function in matlab 2 d t . {\displaystyle {\begin − 2\operatorname − 1 (x)&={\frac − 0{\sqrt {\pi }}}\int
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_{-x}^ 9e^{-t^ 8}\,\mathrm 7 t\\&={\frac 6{\sqrt {\pi }}}\int _ 5^ 4e^{-t^ 3}\,\mathrm 2 t.\end
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1}} The complementary error function, denoted erfc, is defined as erfc ( x ) = 1 − erf ( x ) = 2 π ∫ x ∞ e − t 2 d t = e − http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erfc.html x 2 erfcx ( x ) , {\displaystyle {\begin Φ 8\operatorname Φ 7 (x)&=1-\operatorname Φ 6 (x)\\&={\frac Φ 5{\sqrt {\pi }}}\int _ Φ 4^{\infty }e^{-t^ Φ 3}\,\mathrm Φ 2 t\\&=e^{-x^ Φ 1}\operatorname Φ 0 (x),\end 9}} which also defines erfcx, the scaled complementary error function[3] (which can be used instead of erfc to avoid arithmetic underflow[3][4]). Another form of erfc ( x ) {\displaystyle \operatorname Φ 8 (x)} for non-negative x {\displaystyle x} is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_function known as Craig's formula:[5] erfc ( x | x ≥ 0 ) = 2 π ∫ 0 π / 2 exp ( − x 2 sin 2 θ ) d θ . {\displaystyle \operatorname Φ 6 (x|x\geq 0)={\frac Φ 5{\pi }}\int _ Φ 4^{\pi /2}\exp \left(-{\frac Φ 3}{\sin ^ Φ 2\theta }}\right)d\theta \,.} The imaginary error function, denoted erfi, is defined as erfi ( x ) = − i erf ( i x ) = 2 π ∫ 0 x e t 2 d t = 2 π e x 2 D ( x ) , {\displaystyle {\begin − 6\operatorname − 5 (x)&=-i\operatorname − 4 (ix)\\&={\frac − 3{\sqrt {\pi }}}\int _ − 2^ − 1e^ − 0}\,\mathrm − 9 t\\&={\frac − 8{\sqrt {\pi }}}e^ − 7}D(x),\end − 6}} where D(x) is the Dawson function (which can be used instead of erfi to avoid arithmetic overflow[3]). Despite the name "imaginary error function", erfi ( x ) {\displaystyle \operatorname 4 (x)} is real when x is real. When the error function is evaluated for arbitrary complex arguments z, the resulting complex error function is usually discussed in scaled form as the Faddeeva function: w ( z ) = e − z 2 erfc ( − i z ) = erfcx ( − i z ) . {\displaystyle w(z)=e^{-z^ 2}\
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) returns the Complementary Error Function evaluated for each element of x. Use the erfc function to replace 1 - erf(x) for greater accuracy when erf(x) is close to 1.Examplescollapse allFind Complementary Error FunctionOpen ScriptFind the complementary error