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| <a name="math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv"></a><a class="link" href="error_inv.html" title="Error Function Inverses"> Error Function |
| Inverses</a> |
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| <a name="math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.synopsis"></a><h5> |
| <a name="id1109069"></a> |
| <a class="link" href="error_inv.html#math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.synopsis">Synopsis</a> |
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| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">special_functions</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">erf</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">></span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">{</span> |
| |
| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <a class="link" href="../../main_overview/result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">erf_inv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| |
| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">Policy</a><span class="special">></span> |
| <a class="link" href="../../main_overview/result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">erf_inv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">Policy</a><span class="special">&);</span> |
| |
| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <a class="link" href="../../main_overview/result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">erfc_inv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| |
| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">Policy</a><span class="special">></span> |
| <a class="link" href="../../main_overview/result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">erfc_inv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">Policy</a><span class="special">&);</span> |
| |
| <span class="special">}}</span> <span class="comment">// namespaces |
| </span></pre> |
| <p> |
| The return type of these functions is computed using the <a class="link" href="../../main_overview/result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>result |
| type calculation rules</em></span></a>: the return type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span></code> if T is an integer type, and T otherwise. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The final <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">Policy</a> argument |
| is optional and can be used to control the behaviour of the function: |
| how it handles errors, what level of precision to use etc. Refer to the |
| <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">policy documentation for more details</a>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| </p> |
| <a name="math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.description"></a><h5> |
| <a name="id1109452"></a> |
| <a class="link" href="error_inv.html#math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.description">Description</a> |
| </h5> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <a class="link" href="../../main_overview/result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">erf_inv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| |
| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">Policy</a><span class="special">></span> |
| <a class="link" href="../../main_overview/result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">erf_inv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">Policy</a><span class="special">&);</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| Returns the <a href="http://functions.wolfram.com/GammaBetaErf/InverseErf/" target="_top">inverse |
| error function</a> of z, that is a value x such that: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">erf</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../graphs/erf_inv.png" align="middle"></span> |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span> |
| <a class="link" href="../../main_overview/result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">erfc_inv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| |
| <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">Policy</a><span class="special">></span> |
| <a class="link" href="../../main_overview/result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">erfc_inv</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Policies">Policy</a><span class="special">&);</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| Returns the inverse of the complement of the error function of z, that |
| is a value x such that: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">erfc</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../../graphs/erfc_inv.png" align="middle"></span> |
| </p> |
| <a name="math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.accuracy"></a><h5> |
| <a name="id1109839"></a> |
| <a class="link" href="error_inv.html#math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.accuracy">Accuracy</a> |
| </h5> |
| <p> |
| For types up to and including 80-bit long doubles the approximations used |
| are accurate to less than ~ 2 epsilon. For higher precision types these |
| functions have the same accuracy as the <a class="link" href="error_function.html" title="Error Functions">forward |
| error functions</a>. |
| </p> |
| <a name="math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.testing"></a><h5> |
| <a name="id1109861"></a> |
| <a class="link" href="error_inv.html#math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.testing">Testing</a> |
| </h5> |
| <p> |
| There are two sets of tests: |
| </p> |
| <div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"> |
| <li> |
| Basic sanity checks attempt to "round-trip" from <span class="emphasis"><em>x</em></span> |
| to <span class="emphasis"><em>p</em></span> and back again. These tests have quite generous |
| tolerances: in general both the error functions and their inverses |
| change so rapidly in some places that round tripping to more than a |
| couple of significant digits isn't possible. This is especially true |
| when <span class="emphasis"><em>p</em></span> is very near one: in this case there isn't |
| enough "information content" in the input to the inverse |
| function to get back where you started. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Accuracy checks using high-precision test values. These measure the |
| accuracy of the result, given <span class="emphasis"><em>exact</em></span> input values. |
| </li> |
| </ul></div> |
| <a name="math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.implementation"></a><h5> |
| <a name="id1109910"></a> |
| <a class="link" href="error_inv.html#math_toolkit.special.sf_erf.error_inv.implementation">Implementation</a> |
| </h5> |
| <p> |
| These functions use a rational approximation <a class="link" href="../../backgrounders/implementation.html#math_toolkit.backgrounders.implementation.rational_approximations_used">devised |
| by JM</a> to calculate an initial approximation to the result that is |
| accurate to ~10<sup>-19</sup>, then only if that has insufficient accuracy compared |
| to the epsilon for T, do we clean up the result using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_rational_approximation" target="_top">Halley |
| iteration</a>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Constructing rational approximations to the erf/erfc functions is actually |
| surprisingly hard, especially at high precision. For this reason no attempt |
| has been made to achieve 10<sup>-34 </sup> accuracy suitable for use with 128-bit reals. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In the following discussion, <span class="emphasis"><em>p</em></span> is the value passed |
| to erf_inv, and <span class="emphasis"><em>q</em></span> is the value passed to erfc_inv, |
| so that <span class="emphasis"><em>p = 1 - q</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>q = 1 - p</em></span> |
| and in both cases we want to solve for the same result <span class="emphasis"><em>x</em></span>. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| For <span class="emphasis"><em>p < 0.5</em></span> the inverse erf function is reasonably |
| smooth and the approximation: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="number">10</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="identifier">Y</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">R</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">))</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| Gives a good result for a constant Y, and R(p) optimised for low absolute |
| error compared to |Y|. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| For q < 0.5 things get trickier, over the interval <span class="emphasis"><em>0.5 > |
| q > 0.25</em></span> the following approximation works well: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">sqrt</span><span class="special">(-</span><span class="number">2l</span><span class="identifier">og</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">q</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="special">/</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Y</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">R</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">q</span><span class="special">))</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| While for q < 0.25, let |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">z</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">sqrt</span><span class="special">(-</span><span class="identifier">log</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">q</span><span class="special">))</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| Then the result is given by: |
| </p> |
| <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Y</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">R</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">z</span> <span class="special">-</span> <span class="identifier">B</span><span class="special">))</span> |
| </pre> |
| <p> |
| As before Y is a constant and the rational function R is optimised for |
| low absolute error compared to |Y|. B is also a constant: it is the smallest |
| value of <span class="emphasis"><em>z</em></span> for which each approximation is valid. |
| There are several approximations of this form each of which reaches a little |
| further into the tail of the erfc function (at <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">long</span> |
| <span class="keyword">double</span></code> precision the extended exponent |
| range compared to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span></code> means |
| that the tail goes on for a very long way indeed). |
| </p> |
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