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Erf
  • Erf[ z ] gives the error function .
  • Erf[ , ] gives the generalized error function .
  • Mathematical function (see Section A.3.10).
  • Erf[ z ] is the integral of the Gaussian distribution, given by .
  • Erf[ , ] is given by .
  • Erf[ z ] is an entire function of z with no branch cut discontinuities.
  • See the Mathematica book: Section 3.2.10.
  • See also: InverseErf, ExpIntegralE, ExpIntegralEi, FresnelC, FresnelS.
  • Related package: Statistics`NormalDistribution`.

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