Developer Reference for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library for C
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v?Erf
Computes the error function value of vector elements.
vsErf( n, a, y );
vsErfI(n, a, inca, y, incy);
vmsErf( n, a, y, mode );
vmsErfI(n, a, inca, y, incy, mode);
vdErf( n, a, y );
vdErfI(n, a, inca, y, incy);
vmdErf( n, a, y, mode );
vmdErfI(n, a, inca, y, incy, mode);
- mkl.h
 
Name  |  
      Type  |  
      Description  |  
     
|---|---|---|
n  |  
      const MKL_INT  |  
      Specifies the number of elements to be calculated.  |  
     
a  |  
      const float* for vsErf, vmsErf const double* for vdErf, vmdErf  |  
      Pointer to an array that contains the input vector a.  |  
     
inca, incy  |  
      const MKL_INT  |  
      Specifies increments for the elements of a and y.  |  
     
mode  |  
      const MKL_INT64  |  
      Overrides global VM mode setting for this function call. See vmlSetMode for possible values and their description.  |  
     
Name  |  
      Type  |  
      Description  |  
     
|---|---|---|
y  |  
      float* for vsErf, vmsErf double* for vdErf, vmdErf  |  
      Pointer to an array that contains the output vector y.  |  
     
The Erf function computes the error function values for elements of the input vector a and writes them to the output vector y.
The error function is defined as given by:
 
   Useful relations:

where erfc is the complementary error function.

where

is the cumulative normal distribution function.

where Φ-1(x) and erf-1(x) are the inverses to Φ(x) and erf(x) respectively.
The following figure illustrates the relationships among Erf family functions (Erf, Erfc, CdfNorm).
 
    Useful relations for these functions:

 
   | Argument | Result | Exception | 
|---|---|---|
| +∞ | +1 | |
| -∞ | -1 | |
| QNAN | QNAN | |
| SNAN | QNAN | INVALID |