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author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1996-11-06 04:24:40 +0000 |
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committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1996-11-06 04:24:40 +0000 |
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update from main archive 961105cvs/libc-961106
Wed Nov 6 04:30:26 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Add weak alias llseek for
_llseek syscall. Reported by Andy Sewell <puck@pookhill.demon.co.uk>.
* string/argz.h: Don't protect by __USE_GNU.
Tue Nov 5 23:38:28 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* Lots of files: Update and reformat copyright.
* Makefile (headers): Add xopen_lim.h.
* catgets/nl_types.h: Move __BEGIN_DECLS before definition of nl_catd.
* grp/grp.h: Define setgrent, getgrent, endgrent, and getgrent_r
if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined.
* pwd/pwd.h: Define setpwent, getpwent, endpwent, and getpwent_r
if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined.
* io/Makefile (routines): Add lchown.
* io/sys/poll.h: Add definition of POLLWRNORM.
* io/sys/stat.h: Declare lstat, fchmod, mknod when
__USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined.
* libio/Makefile (routines): Add obprintf.
* libio/obprintf.c: New file.
* libio/iolibio.h: Add prototypes for _IO_obstack_vprintf and
_IO_obstack_printf.
* libio/libio.h: Fix typo.
* libio/stdio.h: Declare tempnam if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined.
Add prototypes for obstack_vprintf and obstack_printf.
* manual/creature.texi: Describe _XOPEN_SOURCE macro.
* manual/intro.texi: Add reference to NSS chapter.
* manual/libc.texinfo: Update UPDATED.
Comment out `@printindex cp'. It works again.
* manual/memory.texi: Add description for obstack_ptr_grow,
obstack_int_grow, obstack_ptr_grow_fast, and obstack_int_grow_fast.
* manual/nss.texi: Add a few @cindex entries and change NSS_STATUS_*
index entries to @vindex.
* manual/users.texi: Correct @cindex entry for Netgroup.
* math/mathcalls.h: Use __USE_XOPEN and __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED to
make declarations visible for X/Open sources.
* misc/search.h: Declare insque/remque only is __USE_SVID or
__USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined.
* misc/sys/uio.h (readv, writev): Change return value from int to
ssize_t.
* posix/Makefile (headers): Add re_comp.h.
* posix/re_comp.h: New file. XPG interface to regex functions.
* posix/getconf.c: Add all names from XPG4.2.
* posix/posix1_lim.h: Increase minimum values for _POSIX_CHILD_MAX
and _POSIX_OPEN_MAX to minimums from XPG4.2.
* sysdeps/generic/confname.h: Add all _SC_* names from XPG4.2.
* sysdeps/posix/sysconf.c: Handle new _SC_* values.
* sysdeps/stub/sysconf.c: Likewise.
* posix/unistd.h: Add declaration of ualarm and lchown. Declare
usleep, fchown, fchdir, nice, getpgid, setsid, getsid, setreuid,
setregid, vfork, ttyslot, symlink, readlink, gethostid, truncate,
ftruncate, getdtablesize, brk, sbrk, lockf when
__USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined.
* posix/sys/wait.h: Declare wait3 if __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined.
* shadow/shadow.h: Define SHADOW using _PATH_SHADOW.
* sysdeps/generic/paths.h: Define _PATH_SHADOW.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/paths.h: Likewise.
* signal/signal.h: Declare killpg, sigstack and sigaltstack when
__USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined.
* stdio/stdio.h: Declare tempnam when __USE_XOPEN is defined.
* stdlib/stdlib.h: Make rand48 functions available when __USE_XOPEN
is defined.
Likewise for valloc, putenv, realpath, [efg]cvt*, and getsubopt
functions.
* string/string.h: Make memccpy, strdup, bcmp, bcopy, bzero, index,
and rindex available when __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED is defined.
* sysdeps/mach/getpagesize.c: De-ANSI-fy. Change return type to int.
* sysdeps/posix/getpagesize.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/stub/getpagesize.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/getpagesize.c: Likewise.
* time/africa: Update from tzdata1996l.
* time/asia: Likewise.
* time/australia: Likewise.
* time/europe: Likewise.
* time/northamerica: Likewise.
* time/pacificnew: Likewise.
* time/southamerica: Likewise.
* time/tzfile.h: Update from tzcode1996m.
* time/time.h: Declare strptime if __USE_XOPEN.
Declare daylight and timezone also if __USE_XOPEN.
* time/sys/time.h: Remove declaration of ualarm.
* wctype/wctype.h: Just reference ISO C standard.
Tue Nov 5 01:26:32 1996 Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
* crypt/Makefile: Add crypt routines to libc as well iff
$(crypt-in-libc) is set. Do this for temporary binary compatibility
on existing Linux/Alpha installations.
* stdlib/div.c, sysdeps/generic/div.c: Move file to .../generic/.
* stdlib/ldiv.c, sysdeps/generic/ldiv.c: Likewise.
* stdlib/lldiv.c, sysdeps/generic/lldiv.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/Makefile (divrem): Add divlu, dviqu, remlu, and
remqu.
* sysdeps/alpha/div.S: New file.
* sysdeps/alpha/ldiv.S: New file.
* sysdeps/alpha/lldiv.S: New file.
* sysdeps/alpha/divrem.h: Merge signed and unsigned division.
Take pointers from Linus and tighten the inner loops a bit.
* sysdeps/alpha/divl.S: Change defines for merged routines.
* sysdeps/alpha/divq.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/reml.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/remq.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/divlu.S: Remove file.
* sysdeps/alpha/divqu.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/remlu.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/remqu.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/bsd-_setjmp.S: If PROF, call _mcount.
* sysdeps/alpha/bsd-setjmp.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/bzero.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/ffs.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/htonl.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/htons.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/memchr.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/memset.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/s_copysign.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/s_fabs.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/setjmp.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/stpcpy.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/stpncpy.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/strcat.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/strchr.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/strcpy.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/strlen.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/strncat.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/strncpy.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/strrchr.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/udiv_qrnnd.S: Likewise. Fix private labels.
Convert two small jumps to use conditional moves.
* sysdeps/unix/alpha/sysdep.h: Compress all __STDC__ nastiness.
(PSEUDO): If PROF, call _mcount.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/brk.S: If PROF, call _mcount.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/clone.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/ieee_get_fp_control.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/ieee_set_fp_control.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/llseek.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sigsuspend.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/syscall.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/alpha/memcpy.S: New file. Odd layout because it should
eventually contain memmove as well.
* sysdeps/alpha/strcmp.S: New file.
* sysdeps/alpha/strncmp.S: New file.
* sysdeps/alpha/w_sqrt.S: New file.
Tue Nov 5 18:06:06 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/mach/hurd/ttyname_r.c: Use `size_t' for len variable.
Tue Nov 5 12:09:29 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdep/generic/sysdep.h: Define END only if not yet defined.
* sysdep/unix/sysdep.h: Define PSEUDO_END only if not yet defined.
Reported by Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG.
Mon Nov 4 22:46:53 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* manual/users.texi (Netgroup Data): Remove { } around @cindex.
Mon Nov 4 19:07:05 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* malloc/calloc.c: Check for overflow before trying to allocate
memory. Proposed by Neil Matthews <nm@adv.sbc.sony.co.jp>.
Fri Nov 1 18:18:32 1996 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* manual/llio.texi (Operating Modes): Add missing arguments to
@deftypevr in O_NONBLOCK description.
* manual/time.texi (Time Zone Functions): Enclose type name in
braces in description of tzname. FIXME: this does not yet work
correctly in info.
Sun Nov 3 17:29:06 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* features.h: Add X/Open macros.
* posix/unistd.h: Define X/Open macros.
* sysdeps/generic/confname.h: Add _SC_XOPEN_XCU_VERSION,
_SC_XOPEN_UNIX, _SC_XOPEN_CRYPT, _SC_XOPEN_ENH_I18N,
_SC_XOPEN_SHM, _SC_2_CHAR_TERM, _SC_2_C_VERSION, and _SC_2_UPE.
* sysdeps/posix/sysconf.c: Handle new constants.
* sysdeps/stub/sysconf.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_opt.h: Add definition of _XOPEN_SHM.
* catgets/catgets.c (catopen): Set errno to ENOMEM when
we run out of memory.
(catgets): Set errno to EBADF when catalog handle is invalid.
Set errno to ENOMSG when translation is not available.
(catclose): Set errno to EBADF when catalog handle is invalid.
* ctype/ctype.h: Declare isascii and toascii when __USE_XOPEN.
Likewise for _toupper and _tolower.
* manual/arith.texi: Document strtoq, strtoll, strtouq, strtoull,
strtof, and strtold.
* manual/math.texi: Document HUGE_VALf and HUGE_VALl.
* manual/stdio.h: Document ' flag for numeric formats of scanf.
* manual/users.texi: Document that cuserid shouldn't be used.
* misc/Makefile (routines): Add dirname.
(headers): Add libgen.h.
(tests): Add tst-dirname.
* misc/dirname.c: New file.
* misc/libgen.h: New file.
* misc/tst-dirname.c: New file.
* misc/search.h: Parameter of hcreate must be of type size_t.
* misc/hsearch.c: Likewise.
* misc/hsearch_r.c: Likewise for hcreate_r.
* misc/search.h: Parameters of insque and remque must be `void *'.
* misc/insremque.c: Likewise.
* posix/unistd.h: Move declarations of mktemp and mkstemp to...
* stdlib/stdlib.h: ...here.
* posix/unistd.h [__USE_XOPEN]: Add prototypes for crypt, setkey,
encrypt, and swab.
* stdio-common/printf-parse.h (struct printf_spec): Add pa_wchar
and pa_wstring.
(parse_one_spec): Remove Linux compatibility code.
Recognize %C and %S formats.
* stdio-common/printf.h: Add PA_WCHAR and PA_WSTRING.
* stdio-common/vfprintf.c: Add implementation of %C and %S format.
* stdio-common/vfscanf.c: Likewise for scanf.
* stdlib/l64a.c: Return value for 0 must be the empty string.
* stdlib/stdlib.h: Declare reentrant function from rand49 family
only if __USE_REENTRANT.
Declare rand48 functions also if __USE_XOPEN.
* stdlib/strtol.c: Return 0 and set errno to EINVAL when BASE is
not a legal value.
Return 0 and set errno to EINVAL when strou* sees negativ number.
* stdlib/tst-strtol.c: De-ANSI-fy.
Change expected results for test of unsigned function and negative
input.
* string/stratcliff.c: Prevent warnings.
* string.h: Move declaration of swab to <unistd.h>.
* string/swab.c: De-ANSI-fy.
* sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c: Implement using getpwuid_r.
* sysdeps/posix/mkstemp.c: Include <stdlib.h> for prototype.
* sysdeps/posix/mktemp.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/stub/mkstemp.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/stub/mktemp.c: Likewise.
* sysvipc/sys/ipc.h: Prototypes of ftok have to be of types `const
char *' and `int'.
* sysvipc/ftok.c: Likewise. Make sure only lower 8 bits of
PROJ_ID are used.
Sun Nov 3 03:21:28 1996 Heiko Schroeder <Heiko.Schroeder@post.rwth-aachen.de>
* locale/programs/ld-numeric.c (numeric_output): Compute idx[0]
correctly.
Sat Nov 2 17:44:32 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/posix/cuserid.c: Use reentrant functions.
* manual/users.texi: Tell that cuserid is marked to be withdrawn in
XPG4.2.
Sat Nov 2 14:26:37 1996 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
Linus said he will make sure no system call will return a value
in -1 ... -4095 as a valid result.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h: Correct test for error.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/syscall.S: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/sysdep.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/syscall.S: Likewise.
Sat Nov 2 16:54:49 1996 NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@mri.co.jp>
* sysdeps/stub/lockfile.c [!USE_IN_LIBIO]: Define weak alias for
__funlockfile, not a circular alias.
Define __IO_ftrylockfile if USE_IN_LIBIO and __ftrylockfile if not,
not vice versa.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.S (__errno_location): Make
it a weak symbol.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/m68k/sysdep.S (__errno_location): Likewise.
Likewise.
* crypt/Makefile (rpath-link): Extend search path to current directory.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.libm')
-rw-r--r-- | README.libm | 827 |
1 files changed, 827 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README.libm b/README.libm index 40edd3177a..33ace8c065 100644 --- a/README.libm +++ b/README.libm @@ -27,3 +27,830 @@ s_atanl.c s_erfl.c s_expm1l.c s_log1pl.c + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Methods +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +arcsin +~~~~~~ + * Since asin(x) = x + x^3/6 + x^5*3/40 + x^7*15/336 + ... + * we approximate asin(x) on [0,0.5] by + * asin(x) = x + x*x^2*R(x^2) + * where + * R(x^2) is a rational approximation of (asin(x)-x)/x^3 + * and its remez error is bounded by + * |(asin(x)-x)/x^3 - R(x^2)| < 2^(-58.75) + * + * For x in [0.5,1] + * asin(x) = pi/2-2*asin(sqrt((1-x)/2)) + * Let y = (1-x), z = y/2, s := sqrt(z), and pio2_hi+pio2_lo=pi/2; + * then for x>0.98 + * asin(x) = pi/2 - 2*(s+s*z*R(z)) + * = pio2_hi - (2*(s+s*z*R(z)) - pio2_lo) + * For x<=0.98, let pio4_hi = pio2_hi/2, then + * f = hi part of s; + * c = sqrt(z) - f = (z-f*f)/(s+f) ...f+c=sqrt(z) + * and + * asin(x) = pi/2 - 2*(s+s*z*R(z)) + * = pio4_hi+(pio4-2s)-(2s*z*R(z)-pio2_lo) + * = pio4_hi+(pio4-2f)-(2s*z*R(z)-(pio2_lo+2c)) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +arccos +~~~~~~ + * Method : + * acos(x) = pi/2 - asin(x) + * acos(-x) = pi/2 + asin(x) + * For |x|<=0.5 + * acos(x) = pi/2 - (x + x*x^2*R(x^2)) (see asin.c) + * For x>0.5 + * acos(x) = pi/2 - (pi/2 - 2asin(sqrt((1-x)/2))) + * = 2asin(sqrt((1-x)/2)) + * = 2s + 2s*z*R(z) ...z=(1-x)/2, s=sqrt(z) + * = 2f + (2c + 2s*z*R(z)) + * where f=hi part of s, and c = (z-f*f)/(s+f) is the correction term + * for f so that f+c ~ sqrt(z). + * For x<-0.5 + * acos(x) = pi - 2asin(sqrt((1-|x|)/2)) + * = pi - 0.5*(s+s*z*R(z)), where z=(1-|x|)/2,s=sqrt(z) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +atan2 +~~~~~ + * Method : + * 1. Reduce y to positive by atan2(y,x)=-atan2(-y,x). + * 2. Reduce x to positive by (if x and y are unexceptional): + * ARG (x+iy) = arctan(y/x) ... if x > 0, + * ARG (x+iy) = pi - arctan[y/(-x)] ... if x < 0, +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +atan +~~~~ + * Method + * 1. Reduce x to positive by atan(x) = -atan(-x). + * 2. According to the integer k=4t+0.25 chopped, t=x, the argument + * is further reduced to one of the following intervals and the + * arctangent of t is evaluated by the corresponding formula: + * + * [0,7/16] atan(x) = t-t^3*(a1+t^2*(a2+...(a10+t^2*a11)...) + * [7/16,11/16] atan(x) = atan(1/2) + atan( (t-0.5)/(1+t/2) ) + * [11/16.19/16] atan(x) = atan( 1 ) + atan( (t-1)/(1+t) ) + * [19/16,39/16] atan(x) = atan(3/2) + atan( (t-1.5)/(1+1.5t) ) + * [39/16,INF] atan(x) = atan(INF) + atan( -1/t ) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +exp +~~~ + * Method + * 1. Argument reduction: + * Reduce x to an r so that |r| <= 0.5*ln2 ~ 0.34658. + * Given x, find r and integer k such that + * + * x = k*ln2 + r, |r| <= 0.5*ln2. + * + * Here r will be represented as r = hi-lo for better + * accuracy. + * + * 2. Approximation of exp(r) by a special rational function on + * the interval [0,0.34658]: + * Write + * R(r**2) = r*(exp(r)+1)/(exp(r)-1) = 2 + r*r/6 - r**4/360 + ... + * We use a special Reme algorithm on [0,0.34658] to generate + * a polynomial of degree 5 to approximate R. The maximum error + * of this polynomial approximation is bounded by 2**-59. In + * other words, + * R(z) ~ 2.0 + P1*z + P2*z**2 + P3*z**3 + P4*z**4 + P5*z**5 + * (where z=r*r, and the values of P1 to P5 are listed below) + * and + * | 5 | -59 + * | 2.0+P1*z+...+P5*z - R(z) | <= 2 + * | | + * The computation of exp(r) thus becomes + * 2*r + * exp(r) = 1 + ------- + * R - r + * r*R1(r) + * = 1 + r + ----------- (for better accuracy) + * 2 - R1(r) + * where + * 2 4 10 + * R1(r) = r - (P1*r + P2*r + ... + P5*r ). + * + * 3. Scale back to obtain exp(x): + * From step 1, we have + * exp(x) = 2^k * exp(r) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +hypot +~~~~~ + * If (assume round-to-nearest) z=x*x+y*y + * has error less than sqrt(2)/2 ulp, than + * sqrt(z) has error less than 1 ulp (exercise). + * + * So, compute sqrt(x*x+y*y) with some care as + * follows to get the error below 1 ulp: + * + * Assume x>y>0; + * (if possible, set rounding to round-to-nearest) + * 1. if x > 2y use + * x1*x1+(y*y+(x2*(x+x1))) for x*x+y*y + * where x1 = x with lower 32 bits cleared, x2 = x-x1; else + * 2. if x <= 2y use + * t1*y1+((x-y)*(x-y)+(t1*y2+t2*y)) + * where t1 = 2x with lower 32 bits cleared, t2 = 2x-t1, + * y1= y with lower 32 bits chopped, y2 = y-y1. + * + * NOTE: scaling may be necessary if some argument is too + * large or too tiny +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +j0/y0 +~~~~~ + * Method -- j0(x): + * 1. For tiny x, we use j0(x) = 1 - x^2/4 + x^4/64 - ... + * 2. Reduce x to |x| since j0(x)=j0(-x), and + * for x in (0,2) + * j0(x) = 1-z/4+ z^2*R0/S0, where z = x*x; + * (precision: |j0-1+z/4-z^2R0/S0 |<2**-63.67 ) + * for x in (2,inf) + * j0(x) = sqrt(2/(pi*x))*(p0(x)*cos(x0)-q0(x)*sin(x0)) + * where x0 = x-pi/4. It is better to compute sin(x0),cos(x0) + * as follow: + * cos(x0) = cos(x)cos(pi/4)+sin(x)sin(pi/4) + * = 1/sqrt(2) * (cos(x) + sin(x)) + * sin(x0) = sin(x)cos(pi/4)-cos(x)sin(pi/4) + * = 1/sqrt(2) * (sin(x) - cos(x)) + * (To avoid cancellation, use + * sin(x) +- cos(x) = -cos(2x)/(sin(x) -+ cos(x)) + * to compute the worse one.) + * + * Method -- y0(x): + * 1. For x<2. + * Since + * y0(x) = 2/pi*(j0(x)*(ln(x/2)+Euler) + x^2/4 - ...) + * therefore y0(x)-2/pi*j0(x)*ln(x) is an even function. + * We use the following function to approximate y0, + * y0(x) = U(z)/V(z) + (2/pi)*(j0(x)*ln(x)), z= x^2 + * where + * U(z) = u00 + u01*z + ... + u06*z^6 + * V(z) = 1 + v01*z + ... + v04*z^4 + * with absolute approximation error bounded by 2**-72. + * Note: For tiny x, U/V = u0 and j0(x)~1, hence + * y0(tiny) = u0 + (2/pi)*ln(tiny), (choose tiny<2**-27) + * 2. For x>=2. + * y0(x) = sqrt(2/(pi*x))*(p0(x)*cos(x0)+q0(x)*sin(x0)) + * where x0 = x-pi/4. It is better to compute sin(x0),cos(x0) + * by the method mentioned above. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +j1/y1 +~~~~~ + * Method -- j1(x): + * 1. For tiny x, we use j1(x) = x/2 - x^3/16 + x^5/384 - ... + * 2. Reduce x to |x| since j1(x)=-j1(-x), and + * for x in (0,2) + * j1(x) = x/2 + x*z*R0/S0, where z = x*x; + * (precision: |j1/x - 1/2 - R0/S0 |<2**-61.51 ) + * for x in (2,inf) + * j1(x) = sqrt(2/(pi*x))*(p1(x)*cos(x1)-q1(x)*sin(x1)) + * y1(x) = sqrt(2/(pi*x))*(p1(x)*sin(x1)+q1(x)*cos(x1)) + * where x1 = x-3*pi/4. It is better to compute sin(x1),cos(x1) + * as follow: + * cos(x1) = cos(x)cos(3pi/4)+sin(x)sin(3pi/4) + * = 1/sqrt(2) * (sin(x) - cos(x)) + * sin(x1) = sin(x)cos(3pi/4)-cos(x)sin(3pi/4) + * = -1/sqrt(2) * (sin(x) + cos(x)) + * (To avoid cancellation, use + * sin(x) +- cos(x) = -cos(2x)/(sin(x) -+ cos(x)) + * to compute the worse one.) + * + * Method -- y1(x): + * 1. screen out x<=0 cases: y1(0)=-inf, y1(x<0)=NaN + * 2. For x<2. + * Since + * y1(x) = 2/pi*(j1(x)*(ln(x/2)+Euler)-1/x-x/2+5/64*x^3-...) + * therefore y1(x)-2/pi*j1(x)*ln(x)-1/x is an odd function. + * We use the following function to approximate y1, + * y1(x) = x*U(z)/V(z) + (2/pi)*(j1(x)*ln(x)-1/x), z= x^2 + * where for x in [0,2] (abs err less than 2**-65.89) + * U(z) = U0[0] + U0[1]*z + ... + U0[4]*z^4 + * V(z) = 1 + v0[0]*z + ... + v0[4]*z^5 + * Note: For tiny x, 1/x dominate y1 and hence + * y1(tiny) = -2/pi/tiny, (choose tiny<2**-54) + * 3. For x>=2. + * y1(x) = sqrt(2/(pi*x))*(p1(x)*sin(x1)+q1(x)*cos(x1)) + * where x1 = x-3*pi/4. It is better to compute sin(x1),cos(x1) + * by method mentioned above. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +jn/yn +~~~~~ + * Note 2. About jn(n,x), yn(n,x) + * For n=0, j0(x) is called, + * for n=1, j1(x) is called, + * for n<x, forward recursion us used starting + * from values of j0(x) and j1(x). + * for n>x, a continued fraction approximation to + * j(n,x)/j(n-1,x) is evaluated and then backward + * recursion is used starting from a supposed value + * for j(n,x). The resulting value of j(0,x) is + * compared with the actual value to correct the + * supposed value of j(n,x). + * + * yn(n,x) is similar in all respects, except + * that forward recursion is used for all + * values of n>1. + +jn: + /* (x >> n**2) + * Jn(x) = cos(x-(2n+1)*pi/4)*sqrt(2/x*pi) + * Yn(x) = sin(x-(2n+1)*pi/4)*sqrt(2/x*pi) + * Let s=sin(x), c=cos(x), + * xn=x-(2n+1)*pi/4, sqt2 = sqrt(2),then + * + * n sin(xn)*sqt2 cos(xn)*sqt2 + * ---------------------------------- + * 0 s-c c+s + * 1 -s-c -c+s + * 2 -s+c -c-s + * 3 s+c c-s +... + /* x is tiny, return the first Taylor expansion of J(n,x) + * J(n,x) = 1/n!*(x/2)^n - ... +... + /* use backward recurrence */ + /* x x^2 x^2 + * J(n,x)/J(n-1,x) = ---- ------ ------ ..... + * 2n - 2(n+1) - 2(n+2) + * + * 1 1 1 + * (for large x) = ---- ------ ------ ..... + * 2n 2(n+1) 2(n+2) + * -- - ------ - ------ - + * x x x + * + * Let w = 2n/x and h=2/x, then the above quotient + * is equal to the continued fraction: + * 1 + * = ----------------------- + * 1 + * w - ----------------- + * 1 + * w+h - --------- + * w+2h - ... + * + * To determine how many terms needed, let + * Q(0) = w, Q(1) = w(w+h) - 1, + * Q(k) = (w+k*h)*Q(k-1) - Q(k-2), + * When Q(k) > 1e4 good for single + * When Q(k) > 1e9 good for double + * When Q(k) > 1e17 good for quadruple + +... + /* estimate log((2/x)^n*n!) = n*log(2/x)+n*ln(n) + * Hence, if n*(log(2n/x)) > ... + * single 8.8722839355e+01 + * double 7.09782712893383973096e+02 + * long double 1.1356523406294143949491931077970765006170e+04 + * then recurrent value may overflow and the result is + * likely underflow to zero + +yn: + /* (x >> n**2) + * Jn(x) = cos(x-(2n+1)*pi/4)*sqrt(2/x*pi) + * Yn(x) = sin(x-(2n+1)*pi/4)*sqrt(2/x*pi) + * Let s=sin(x), c=cos(x), + * xn=x-(2n+1)*pi/4, sqt2 = sqrt(2),then + * + * n sin(xn)*sqt2 cos(xn)*sqt2 + * ---------------------------------- + * 0 s-c c+s + * 1 -s-c -c+s + * 2 -s+c -c-s + * 3 s+c c-s +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +lgamma +~~~~~~ + * Method: + * 1. Argument Reduction for 0 < x <= 8 + * Since gamma(1+s)=s*gamma(s), for x in [0,8], we may + * reduce x to a number in [1.5,2.5] by + * lgamma(1+s) = log(s) + lgamma(s) + * for example, + * lgamma(7.3) = log(6.3) + lgamma(6.3) + * = log(6.3*5.3) + lgamma(5.3) + * = log(6.3*5.3*4.3*3.3*2.3) + lgamma(2.3) + * 2. Polynomial approximation of lgamma around its + * minimun ymin=1.461632144968362245 to maintain monotonicity. + * On [ymin-0.23, ymin+0.27] (i.e., [1.23164,1.73163]), use + * Let z = x-ymin; + * lgamma(x) = -1.214862905358496078218 + z^2*poly(z) + * where + * poly(z) is a 14 degree polynomial. + * 2. Rational approximation in the primary interval [2,3] + * We use the following approximation: + * s = x-2.0; + * lgamma(x) = 0.5*s + s*P(s)/Q(s) + * with accuracy + * |P/Q - (lgamma(x)-0.5s)| < 2**-61.71 + * Our algorithms are based on the following observation + * + * zeta(2)-1 2 zeta(3)-1 3 + * lgamma(2+s) = s*(1-Euler) + --------- * s - --------- * s + ... + * 2 3 + * + * where Euler = 0.5771... is the Euler constant, which is very + * close to 0.5. + * + * 3. For x>=8, we have + * lgamma(x)~(x-0.5)log(x)-x+0.5*log(2pi)+1/(12x)-1/(360x**3)+.... + * (better formula: + * lgamma(x)~(x-0.5)*(log(x)-1)-.5*(log(2pi)-1) + ...) + * Let z = 1/x, then we approximation + * f(z) = lgamma(x) - (x-0.5)(log(x)-1) + * by + * 3 5 11 + * w = w0 + w1*z + w2*z + w3*z + ... + w6*z + * where + * |w - f(z)| < 2**-58.74 + * + * 4. For negative x, since (G is gamma function) + * -x*G(-x)*G(x) = pi/sin(pi*x), + * we have + * G(x) = pi/(sin(pi*x)*(-x)*G(-x)) + * since G(-x) is positive, sign(G(x)) = sign(sin(pi*x)) for x<0 + * Hence, for x<0, signgam = sign(sin(pi*x)) and + * lgamma(x) = log(|Gamma(x)|) + * = log(pi/(|x*sin(pi*x)|)) - lgamma(-x); + * Note: one should avoid compute pi*(-x) directly in the + * computation of sin(pi*(-x)). +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +log +~~~ + * Method : + * 1. Argument Reduction: find k and f such that + * x = 2^k * (1+f), + * where sqrt(2)/2 < 1+f < sqrt(2) . + * + * 2. Approximation of log(1+f). + * Let s = f/(2+f) ; based on log(1+f) = log(1+s) - log(1-s) + * = 2s + 2/3 s**3 + 2/5 s**5 + ....., + * = 2s + s*R + * We use a special Reme algorithm on [0,0.1716] to generate + * a polynomial of degree 14 to approximate R The maximum error + * of this polynomial approximation is bounded by 2**-58.45. In + * other words, + * 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 + * R(z) ~ Lg1*s +Lg2*s +Lg3*s +Lg4*s +Lg5*s +Lg6*s +Lg7*s + * (the values of Lg1 to Lg7 are listed in the program) + * and + * | 2 14 | -58.45 + * | Lg1*s +...+Lg7*s - R(z) | <= 2 + * | | + * Note that 2s = f - s*f = f - hfsq + s*hfsq, where hfsq = f*f/2. + * In order to guarantee error in log below 1ulp, we compute log + * by + * log(1+f) = f - s*(f - R) (if f is not too large) + * log(1+f) = f - (hfsq - s*(hfsq+R)). (better accuracy) + * + * 3. Finally, log(x) = k*ln2 + log(1+f). + * = k*ln2_hi+(f-(hfsq-(s*(hfsq+R)+k*ln2_lo))) + * Here ln2 is split into two floating point number: + * ln2_hi + ln2_lo, + * where n*ln2_hi is always exact for |n| < 2000. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +log10 +~~~~~ + * Method : + * Let log10_2hi = leading 40 bits of log10(2) and + * log10_2lo = log10(2) - log10_2hi, + * ivln10 = 1/log(10) rounded. + * Then + * n = ilogb(x), + * if(n<0) n = n+1; + * x = scalbn(x,-n); + * log10(x) := n*log10_2hi + (n*log10_2lo + ivln10*log(x)) + * + * Note 1: + * To guarantee log10(10**n)=n, where 10**n is normal, the rounding + * mode must set to Round-to-Nearest. + * Note 2: + * [1/log(10)] rounded to 53 bits has error .198 ulps; + * log10 is monotonic at all binary break points. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +pow +~~~ + * Method: Let x = 2 * (1+f) + * 1. Compute and return log2(x) in two pieces: + * log2(x) = w1 + w2, + * where w1 has 53-24 = 29 bit trailing zeros. + * 2. Perform y*log2(x) = n+y' by simulating muti-precision + * arithmetic, where |y'|<=0.5. + * 3. Return x**y = 2**n*exp(y'*log2) + * + * Special cases: + * 1. (anything) ** 0 is 1 + * 2. (anything) ** 1 is itself + * 3. (anything) ** NAN is NAN + * 4. NAN ** (anything except 0) is NAN + * 5. +-(|x| > 1) ** +INF is +INF + * 6. +-(|x| > 1) ** -INF is +0 + * 7. +-(|x| < 1) ** +INF is +0 + * 8. +-(|x| < 1) ** -INF is +INF + * 9. +-1 ** +-INF is NAN + * 10. +0 ** (+anything except 0, NAN) is +0 + * 11. -0 ** (+anything except 0, NAN, odd integer) is +0 + * 12. +0 ** (-anything except 0, NAN) is +INF + * 13. -0 ** (-anything except 0, NAN, odd integer) is +INF + * 14. -0 ** (odd integer) = -( +0 ** (odd integer) ) + * 15. +INF ** (+anything except 0,NAN) is +INF + * 16. +INF ** (-anything except 0,NAN) is +0 + * 17. -INF ** (anything) = -0 ** (-anything) + * 18. (-anything) ** (integer) is (-1)**(integer)*(+anything**integer) + * 19. (-anything except 0 and inf) ** (non-integer) is NAN +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +rem_pio2 return the remainder of x rem pi/2 in y[0]+y[1] +~~~~~~~~ +This is one of the basic functions which is written with highest accuracy +in mind. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +sinh +~~~~ + * Method : + * mathematically sinh(x) if defined to be (exp(x)-exp(-x))/2 + * 1. Replace x by |x| (sinh(-x) = -sinh(x)). + * 2. + * E + E/(E+1) + * 0 <= x <= 22 : sinh(x) := --------------, E=expm1(x) + * 2 + * + * 22 <= x <= lnovft : sinh(x) := exp(x)/2 + * lnovft <= x <= ln2ovft: sinh(x) := exp(x/2)/2 * exp(x/2) + * ln2ovft < x : sinh(x) := x*shuge (overflow) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +sqrt +~~~~ + * Method: + * Bit by bit method using integer arithmetic. (Slow, but portable) + * 1. Normalization + * Scale x to y in [1,4) with even powers of 2: + * find an integer k such that 1 <= (y=x*2^(2k)) < 4, then + * sqrt(x) = 2^k * sqrt(y) + * 2. Bit by bit computation + * Let q = sqrt(y) truncated to i bit after binary point (q = 1), + * i 0 + * i+1 2 + * s = 2*q , and y = 2 * ( y - q ). (1) + * i i i i + * + * To compute q from q , one checks whether + * i+1 i + * + * -(i+1) 2 + * (q + 2 ) <= y. (2) + * i + * -(i+1) + * If (2) is false, then q = q ; otherwise q = q + 2 . + * i+1 i i+1 i + * + * With some algebric manipulation, it is not difficult to see + * that (2) is equivalent to + * -(i+1) + * s + 2 <= y (3) + * i i + * + * The advantage of (3) is that s and y can be computed by + * i i + * the following recurrence formula: + * if (3) is false + * + * s = s , y = y ; (4) + * i+1 i i+1 i + * + * otherwise, + * -i -(i+1) + * s = s + 2 , y = y - s - 2 (5) + * i+1 i i+1 i i + * + * One may easily use induction to prove (4) and (5). + * Note. Since the left hand side of (3) contain only i+2 bits, + * it does not necessary to do a full (53-bit) comparison + * in (3). + * 3. Final rounding + * After generating the 53 bits result, we compute one more bit. + * Together with the remainder, we can decide whether the + * result is exact, bigger than 1/2ulp, or less than 1/2ulp + * (it will never equal to 1/2ulp). + * The rounding mode can be detected by checking whether + * huge + tiny is equal to huge, and whether huge - tiny is + * equal to huge for some floating point number "huge" and "tiny". +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +cos +~~~ + * kernel cos function on [-pi/4, pi/4], pi/4 ~ 0.785398164 + * Input x is assumed to be bounded by ~pi/4 in magnitude. + * Input y is the tail of x. + * + * Algorithm + * 1. Since cos(-x) = cos(x), we need only to consider positive x. + * 2. if x < 2^-27 (hx<0x3e400000 0), return 1 with inexact if x!=0. + * 3. cos(x) is approximated by a polynomial of degree 14 on + * [0,pi/4] + * 4 14 + * cos(x) ~ 1 - x*x/2 + C1*x + ... + C6*x + * where the remez error is + * + * | 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 | -58 + * |cos(x)-(1-.5*x +C1*x +C2*x +C3*x +C4*x +C5*x +C6*x )| <= 2 + * | | + * + * 4 6 8 10 12 14 + * 4. let r = C1*x +C2*x +C3*x +C4*x +C5*x +C6*x , then + * cos(x) = 1 - x*x/2 + r + * since cos(x+y) ~ cos(x) - sin(x)*y + * ~ cos(x) - x*y, + * a correction term is necessary in cos(x) and hence + * cos(x+y) = 1 - (x*x/2 - (r - x*y)) + * For better accuracy when x > 0.3, let qx = |x|/4 with + * the last 32 bits mask off, and if x > 0.78125, let qx = 0.28125. + * Then + * cos(x+y) = (1-qx) - ((x*x/2-qx) - (r-x*y)). + * Note that 1-qx and (x*x/2-qx) is EXACT here, and the + * magnitude of the latter is at least a quarter of x*x/2, + * thus, reducing the rounding error in the subtraction. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +sin +~~~ + * kernel sin function on [-pi/4, pi/4], pi/4 ~ 0.7854 + * Input x is assumed to be bounded by ~pi/4 in magnitude. + * Input y is the tail of x. + * Input iy indicates whether y is 0. (if iy=0, y assume to be 0). + * + * Algorithm + * 1. Since sin(-x) = -sin(x), we need only to consider positive x. + * 2. if x < 2^-27 (hx<0x3e400000 0), return x with inexact if x!=0. + * 3. sin(x) is approximated by a polynomial of degree 13 on + * [0,pi/4] + * 3 13 + * sin(x) ~ x + S1*x + ... + S6*x + * where + * + * |sin(x) 2 4 6 8 10 12 | -58 + * |----- - (1+S1*x +S2*x +S3*x +S4*x +S5*x +S6*x )| <= 2 + * | x | + * + * 4. sin(x+y) = sin(x) + sin'(x')*y + * ~ sin(x) + (1-x*x/2)*y + * For better accuracy, let + * 3 2 2 2 2 + * r = x *(S2+x *(S3+x *(S4+x *(S5+x *S6)))) + * then 3 2 + * sin(x) = x + (S1*x + (x *(r-y/2)+y)) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +tan +~~~ + * kernel tan function on [-pi/4, pi/4], pi/4 ~ 0.7854 + * Input x is assumed to be bounded by ~pi/4 in magnitude. + * Input y is the tail of x. + * Input k indicates whether tan (if k=1) or + * -1/tan (if k= -1) is returned. + * + * Algorithm + * 1. Since tan(-x) = -tan(x), we need only to consider positive x. + * 2. if x < 2^-28 (hx<0x3e300000 0), return x with inexact if x!=0. + * 3. tan(x) is approximated by a odd polynomial of degree 27 on + * [0,0.67434] + * 3 27 + * tan(x) ~ x + T1*x + ... + T13*x + * where + * + * |tan(x) 2 4 26 | -59.2 + * |----- - (1+T1*x +T2*x +.... +T13*x )| <= 2 + * | x | + * + * Note: tan(x+y) = tan(x) + tan'(x)*y + * ~ tan(x) + (1+x*x)*y + * Therefore, for better accuracy in computing tan(x+y), let + * 3 2 2 2 2 + * r = x *(T2+x *(T3+x *(...+x *(T12+x *T13)))) + * then + * 3 2 + * tan(x+y) = x + (T1*x + (x *(r+y)+y)) + * + * 4. For x in [0.67434,pi/4], let y = pi/4 - x, then + * tan(x) = tan(pi/4-y) = (1-tan(y))/(1+tan(y)) + * = 1 - 2*(tan(y) - (tan(y)^2)/(1+tan(y))) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +atan +~~~~ + * Method + * 1. Reduce x to positive by atan(x) = -atan(-x). + * 2. According to the integer k=4t+0.25 chopped, t=x, the argument + * is further reduced to one of the following intervals and the + * arctangent of t is evaluated by the corresponding formula: + * + * [0,7/16] atan(x) = t-t^3*(a1+t^2*(a2+...(a10+t^2*a11)...) + * [7/16,11/16] atan(x) = atan(1/2) + atan( (t-0.5)/(1+t/2) ) + * [11/16.19/16] atan(x) = atan( 1 ) + atan( (t-1)/(1+t) ) + * [19/16,39/16] atan(x) = atan(3/2) + atan( (t-1.5)/(1+1.5t) ) + * [39/16,INF] atan(x) = atan(INF) + atan( -1/t ) +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +erf +~~~ + * x + * 2 |\ + * erf(x) = --------- | exp(-t*t)dt + * sqrt(pi) \| + * 0 + * + * erfc(x) = 1-erf(x) + * Note that + * erf(-x) = -erf(x) + * erfc(-x) = 2 - erfc(x) + * + * Method: + * 1. For |x| in [0, 0.84375] + * erf(x) = x + x*R(x^2) + * erfc(x) = 1 - erf(x) if x in [-.84375,0.25] + * = 0.5 + ((0.5-x)-x*R) if x in [0.25,0.84375] + * where R = P/Q where P is an odd poly of degree 8 and + * Q is an odd poly of degree 10. + * -57.90 + * | R - (erf(x)-x)/x | <= 2 + * + * + * Remark. The formula is derived by noting + * erf(x) = (2/sqrt(pi))*(x - x^3/3 + x^5/10 - x^7/42 + ....) + * and that + * 2/sqrt(pi) = 1.128379167095512573896158903121545171688 + * is close to one. The interval is chosen because the fix + * point of erf(x) is near 0.6174 (i.e., erf(x)=x when x is + * near 0.6174), and by some experiment, 0.84375 is chosen to + * guarantee the error is less than one ulp for erf. + * + * 2. For |x| in [0.84375,1.25], let s = |x| - 1, and + * c = 0.84506291151 rounded to single (24 bits) + * erf(x) = sign(x) * (c + P1(s)/Q1(s)) + * erfc(x) = (1-c) - P1(s)/Q1(s) if x > 0 + * 1+(c+P1(s)/Q1(s)) if x < 0 + * |P1/Q1 - (erf(|x|)-c)| <= 2**-59.06 + * Remark: here we use the taylor series expansion at x=1. + * erf(1+s) = erf(1) + s*Poly(s) + * = 0.845.. + P1(s)/Q1(s) + * That is, we use rational approximation to approximate + * erf(1+s) - (c = (single)0.84506291151) + * Note that |P1/Q1|< 0.078 for x in [0.84375,1.25] + * where + * P1(s) = degree 6 poly in s + * Q1(s) = degree 6 poly in s + * + * 3. For x in [1.25,1/0.35(~2.857143)], + * erfc(x) = (1/x)*exp(-x*x-0.5625+R1/S1) + * erf(x) = 1 - erfc(x) + * where + * R1(z) = degree 7 poly in z, (z=1/x^2) + * S1(z) = degree 8 poly in z + * + * 4. For x in [1/0.35,28] + * erfc(x) = (1/x)*exp(-x*x-0.5625+R2/S2) if x > 0 + * = 2.0 - (1/x)*exp(-x*x-0.5625+R2/S2) if -6<x<0 + * = 2.0 - tiny (if x <= -6) + * erf(x) = sign(x)*(1.0 - erfc(x)) if x < 6, else + * erf(x) = sign(x)*(1.0 - tiny) + * where + * R2(z) = degree 6 poly in z, (z=1/x^2) + * S2(z) = degree 7 poly in z + * + * Note1: + * To compute exp(-x*x-0.5625+R/S), let s be a single + * precision number and s := x; then + * -x*x = -s*s + (s-x)*(s+x) + * exp(-x*x-0.5626+R/S) = + * exp(-s*s-0.5625)*exp((s-x)*(s+x)+R/S); + * Note2: + * Here 4 and 5 make use of the asymptotic series + * exp(-x*x) + * erfc(x) ~ ---------- * ( 1 + Poly(1/x^2) ) + * x*sqrt(pi) + * We use rational approximation to approximate + * g(s)=f(1/x^2) = log(erfc(x)*x) - x*x + 0.5625 + * Here is the error bound for R1/S1 and R2/S2 + * |R1/S1 - f(x)| < 2**(-62.57) + * |R2/S2 - f(x)| < 2**(-61.52) + * + * 5. For inf > x >= 28 + * erf(x) = sign(x) *(1 - tiny) (raise inexact) + * erfc(x) = tiny*tiny (raise underflow) if x > 0 + * = 2 - tiny if x<0 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +expm1 Returns exp(x)-1, the exponential of x minus 1 +~~~~~ + * Method + * 1. Argument reduction: + * Given x, find r and integer k such that + * + * x = k*ln2 + r, |r| <= 0.5*ln2 ~ 0.34658 + * + * Here a correction term c will be computed to compensate + * the error in r when rounded to a floating-point number. + * + * 2. Approximating expm1(r) by a special rational function on + * the interval [0,0.34658]: + * Since + * r*(exp(r)+1)/(exp(r)-1) = 2+ r^2/6 - r^4/360 + ... + * we define R1(r*r) by + * r*(exp(r)+1)/(exp(r)-1) = 2+ r^2/6 * R1(r*r) + * That is, + * R1(r**2) = 6/r *((exp(r)+1)/(exp(r)-1) - 2/r) + * = 6/r * ( 1 + 2.0*(1/(exp(r)-1) - 1/r)) + * = 1 - r^2/60 + r^4/2520 - r^6/100800 + ... + * We use a special Reme algorithm on [0,0.347] to generate + * a polynomial of degree 5 in r*r to approximate R1. The + * maximum error of this polynomial approximation is bounded + * by 2**-61. In other words, + * R1(z) ~ 1.0 + Q1*z + Q2*z**2 + Q3*z**3 + Q4*z**4 + Q5*z**5 + * where Q1 = -1.6666666666666567384E-2, + * Q2 = 3.9682539681370365873E-4, + * Q3 = -9.9206344733435987357E-6, + * Q4 = 2.5051361420808517002E-7, + * Q5 = -6.2843505682382617102E-9; + * (where z=r*r, and the values of Q1 to Q5 are listed below) + * with error bounded by + * | 5 | -61 + * | 1.0+Q1*z+...+Q5*z - R1(z) | <= 2 + * | | + * + * expm1(r) = exp(r)-1 is then computed by the following + * specific way which minimize the accumulation rounding error: + * 2 3 + * r r [ 3 - (R1 + R1*r/2) ] + * expm1(r) = r + --- + --- * [--------------------] + * 2 2 [ 6 - r*(3 - R1*r/2) ] + * + * To compensate the error in the argument reduction, we use + * expm1(r+c) = expm1(r) + c + expm1(r)*c + * ~ expm1(r) + c + r*c + * Thus c+r*c will be added in as the correction terms for + * expm1(r+c). Now rearrange the term to avoid optimization + * screw up: + * ( 2 2 ) + * ({ ( r [ R1 - (3 - R1*r/2) ] ) } r ) + * expm1(r+c)~r - ({r*(--- * [--------------------]-c)-c} - --- ) + * ({ ( 2 [ 6 - r*(3 - R1*r/2) ] ) } 2 ) + * ( ) + * + * = r - E + * 3. Scale back to obtain expm1(x): + * From step 1, we have + * expm1(x) = either 2^k*[expm1(r)+1] - 1 + * = or 2^k*[expm1(r) + (1-2^-k)] + * 4. Implementation notes: + * (A). To save one multiplication, we scale the coefficient Qi + * to Qi*2^i, and replace z by (x^2)/2. + * (B). To achieve maximum accuracy, we compute expm1(x) by + * (i) if x < -56*ln2, return -1.0, (raise inexact if x!=inf) + * (ii) if k=0, return r-E + * (iii) if k=-1, return 0.5*(r-E)-0.5 + * (iv) if k=1 if r < -0.25, return 2*((r+0.5)- E) + * else return 1.0+2.0*(r-E); + * (v) if (k<-2||k>56) return 2^k(1-(E-r)) - 1 (or exp(x)-1) + * (vi) if k <= 20, return 2^k((1-2^-k)-(E-r)), else + * (vii) return 2^k(1-((E+2^-k)-r)) + * + * Special cases: + * expm1(INF) is INF, expm1(NaN) is NaN; + * expm1(-INF) is -1, and + * for finite argument, only expm1(0)=0 is exact. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +log1p +~~~~~ + * Method : + * 1. Argument Reduction: find k and f such that + * 1+x = 2^k * (1+f), + * where sqrt(2)/2 < 1+f < sqrt(2) . + * + * Note. If k=0, then f=x is exact. However, if k!=0, then f + * may not be representable exactly. In that case, a correction + * term is need. Let u=1+x rounded. Let c = (1+x)-u, then + * log(1+x) - log(u) ~ c/u. Thus, we proceed to compute log(u), + * and add back the correction term c/u. + * (Note: when x > 2**53, one can simply return log(x)) + * + * 2. Approximation of log1p(f). + * Let s = f/(2+f) ; based on log(1+f) = log(1+s) - log(1-s) + * = 2s + 2/3 s**3 + 2/5 s**5 + ....., + * = 2s + s*R + * We use a special Reme algorithm on [0,0.1716] to generate + * a polynomial of degree 14 to approximate R The maximum error + * of this polynomial approximation is bounded by 2**-58.45. In + * other words, + * 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 + * R(z) ~ Lp1*s +Lp2*s +Lp3*s +Lp4*s +Lp5*s +Lp6*s +Lp7*s + * (the values of Lp1 to Lp7 are listed in the program) + * and + * | 2 14 | -58.45 + * | Lp1*s +...+Lp7*s - R(z) | <= 2 + * | | + * Note that 2s = f - s*f = f - hfsq + s*hfsq, where hfsq = f*f/2. + * In order to guarantee error in log below 1ulp, we compute log + * by + * log1p(f) = f - (hfsq - s*(hfsq+R)). + * + * 3. Finally, log1p(x) = k*ln2 + log1p(f). + * = k*ln2_hi+(f-(hfsq-(s*(hfsq+R)+k*ln2_lo))) + * Here ln2 is split into two floating point number: + * ln2_hi + ln2_lo, + * where n*ln2_hi is always exact for |n| < 2000. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |