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11: 7.23 Tables
  • Abramowitz and Stegun (1964, Chapter 7) includes erf x , ( 2 / π ) e x 2 , x [ 0 , 2 ] , 10D; ( 2 / π ) e x 2 , x [ 2 , 10 ] , 8S; x e x 2 erfc x , x 2 [ 0 , 0.25 ] , 7D; 2 n Γ ( 1 2 n + 1 ) i n erfc ( x ) , n = 1 ( 1 ) 6 , 10 , 11 , x [ 0 , 5 ] , 6S; F ( x ) , x [ 0 , 2 ] , 10D; x F ( x ) , x 2 [ 0 , 0.25 ] , 9D; C ( x ) , S ( x ) , x [ 0 , 5 ] , 7D; f ( x ) , g ( x ) , x [ 0 , 1 ] , x 1 [ 0 , 1 ] , 15D.

  • Zhang and Jin (1996, pp. 637, 639) includes ( 2 / π ) e x 2 , erf x , x = 0 ( .02 ) 1 ( .04 ) 3 , 8D; C ( x ) , S ( x ) , x = 0 ( .2 ) 10 ( 2 ) 100 ( 100 ) 500 , 8D.

  • Zhang and Jin (1996, p. 642) includes the first 10 zeros of erf z , 9D; the first 25 distinct zeros of C ( z ) and S ( z ) , 8S.

  • 12: 7.14 Integrals
    §7.14(ii) Fresnel Integrals
    Laplace Transforms
    7.14.5 0 e a t C ( t ) d t = 1 a f ( a π ) , a > 0 ,
    7.14.6 0 e a t S ( t ) d t = 1 a g ( a π ) , a > 0 ,
    In a series of ten papers Hadži (1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975a, 1975b, 1976a, 1976b, 1978) gives many integrals containing error functions and Fresnel integrals, also in combination with the hypergeometric function, confluent hypergeometric functions, and generalized hypergeometric functions.
    13: 7.11 Relations to Other Functions
    Confluent Hypergeometric Functions
    7.11.6 C ( z ) + i S ( z ) = z M ( 1 2 , 3 2 , 1 2 π i z 2 ) = z e π i z 2 / 2 M ( 1 , 3 2 , 1 2 π i z 2 ) .
    Generalized Hypergeometric Functions
    14: 7.24 Approximations
    §7.24(i) Approximations in Terms of Elementary Functions
  • Cody (1969) provides minimax rational approximations for erf x and erfc x . The maximum relative precision is about 20S.

  • Cody (1968) gives minimax rational approximations for the Fresnel integrals (maximum relative precision 19S); for a Fortran algorithm and comments see Snyder (1993).

  • Shepherd and Laframboise (1981) gives coefficients of Chebyshev series for ( 1 + 2 x ) e x 2 erfc x on ( 0 , ) (22D).

  • Luke (1969b, vol. 2, pp. 422–435) gives main diagonal Padé approximations for F ( z ) , erf z , erfc z , C ( z ) , and S ( z ) ; approximate errors are given for a selection of z -values.

  • 15: 7 Error Functions, Dawson’s and Fresnel Integrals
    Chapter 7 Error Functions, Dawson’s and Fresnel Integrals
    16: 7.21 Physical Applications
    §7.21 Physical Applications
    The error functions, Fresnel integrals, and related functions occur in a variety of physical applications. Fresnel integrals and Cornu’s spiral occurred originally in the analysis of the diffraction of light; see Born and Wolf (1999, §8.7). …
    17: 7.22 Methods of Computation
    §7.22(i) Main Functions
    18: Software Index
    19: 7.10 Derivatives
    d g ( z ) d z = π z f ( z ) 1 .
    20: 7.12 Asymptotic Expansions
    §7.12(ii) Fresnel Integrals
    The asymptotic expansions of C ( z ) and S ( z ) are given by (7.5.3), (7.5.4), and
    7.12.2 f ( z ) 1 π z m = 0 ( 1 ) m ( 1 2 ) 2 m ( π z 2 / 2 ) 2 m ,
    7.12.3 g ( z ) 1 π z m = 0 ( 1 ) m ( 1 2 ) 2 m + 1 ( π z 2 / 2 ) 2 m + 1 ,
    They are bounded by | csc ( 4 ph z ) | times the first neglected terms when 1 8 π | ph z | < 1 4 π . …