Error Function

In mathematics, the error function (also called the Gauss error function) is a special function (non-elementary) of sigmoid shape which occurs in probability, statistics and partial differential equations. It is defined as:

The complementary error function, denoted erfc, is defined as

\begin{align} \operatorname{erfc}(x) & = 1-\operatorname{erf}(x) \\ & = \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_x^{\infty} e^{-t^2}\,dt. \end{align}

The imaginary error function, denoted erfi, is defined as

When the error function is evaluated for arbitrary complex arguments z, the resulting complex error function is usually discussed in scaled form as the Faddeeva function:

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