@stdlib/math-base-special-erfinv v0.2.1
erfinv
The inverse error function is defined in terms of the Maclaurin series
where c_0 = 1
and
Installation
npm install @stdlib/math-base-special-erfinv
Usage
var erfinv = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-erfinv' );
erfinv( x )
Evaluates the inverse error function.
var y = erfinv( 0.5 );
// returns ~0.4769
y = erfinv( 0.8 );
// returns ~0.9062
y = erfinv( -1.0 );
// returns -Infinity
y = erfinv( 1.0 );
// returns Infinity
The domain of x
is restricted to [-1,1]
. If |x| > 1
, the function returns NaN
.
var y = erfinv( -3.14 );
// returns NaN
If provided NaN
, the function returns NaN
.
var y = erfinv( NaN );
// returns NaN
The inverse error function is an odd function; i.e., erfinv(-x) = -erfinv(x)
. Thus, in accordance with the IEEE 754 standard, if provided -0
, the function returns -0
.
var y = erfinv( -0.0 );
// returns -0.0
Examples
var linspace = require( '@stdlib/array-base-linspace' );
var erfinv = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-erfinv' );
var x = linspace( -1.0, 1.0, 100 );
var i;
for ( i = 0; i < x.length; i++ ) {
console.log( 'x: %d, erfinv(x): %d', x[ i ], erfinv( x[ i ] ) );
}
See Also
@stdlib/math-base/special/erf
: error function.@stdlib/math-base/special/erfc
: complementary error function.@stdlib/math-base/special/erfcinv
: inverse complementary error function.
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