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The Complimentary Error Function

Calling Sequence:
erfc(
x)
Parameters:
x : real

Returns: real

Synopsis: This function returns the result of the following expression: 1- 2/sqrt $(\pi)\cdot\int_{0\ldots x} exp(-t * t) \cdot dt$.

References: [11]

Examples:

> erfc(3);

See also: erf, erfcinv




Gaston Gonnet
1998-09-15