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Send a Message to the Team MathWorld Book Wolfram Web error function calculator Resources» 13,594 entries Last updated: Tue Sep 27 2016 Created, developed, and nurturedbyEricWeisstein at WolframResearch Calculus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_function and Analysis>Special Functions>Erf> Calculus and Analysis>Complex Analysis>Entire Functions> Interactive Entries>webMathematica Examples> More... History and Terminology>Wolfram Language Commands> MathWorld Contributors>D'Orsogna> Less... Erf is the "error function" encountered in integrating the normal distribution (which http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erf.html is a normalized form of the Gaussian function). It is an entire function defined by (1) Note that some authors (e.g., Whittaker and Watson 1990, p.341) define without the leading factor of . Erf is implemented in the Wolfram Language as Erf[z]. A two-argument form giving is also implemented as Erf[z0, z1]. Erf satisfies the identities (2) (3) (4) where is erfc, the complementary error function, and is a confluent hypergeometric function of the first kind. For , (5) where is the incomplete gamma function. Erf can also be defined as a Maclaurin series
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 http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erfc.html Sep 27 2016 Created, developed, and nurturedbyEricWeisstein at WolframResearch Calculus and Analysis>Special Functions>Erf> Calculus and Analysis>Complex Analysis>Entire Functions> Calculus and Analysis>Calculus>Integrals>Definite Integrals> More... Interactive Entries>webMathematica Examples> History and Terminology>Wolfram Language Commands> Less... Erfc Erfc is the complementary error function, commonly denoted , is an entire function defined by (1) (2) It is implemented in the error function 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 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 error function table (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, 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.56