test_erf.cpp

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void test_erf(T, const char* name)
{
   //
   // The actual test data is rather verbose, so it's in a separate file
   //
   // The contents are as follows, each row of data contains
   // three items, input value a, input value b and erf(a, b):
   //
#  include "erf_small_data.ipp"

   do_test_erf(erf_small_data, name, "Erf Function: Small Values");

#  include "erf_data.ipp"

   do_test_erf(erf_data, name, "Erf Function: Medium Values");

#  include "erf_large_data.ipp"

   do_test_erf(erf_large_data, name, "Erf Function: Large Values");

#  include "erf_inv_data.ipp"

   do_test_erf_inv(erf_inv_data, name, "Inverse Erf Function");

#  include "erfc_inv_data.ipp"

   do_test_erfc_inv(erfc_inv_data, name, "Inverse Erfc Function");

#  include "erfc_inv_big_data.ipp"

   if(std::numeric_limits<T>::min_exponent <= -4500)
   {
      do_test_erfc_inv(erfc_inv_big_data, name, "Inverse Erfc Function: extreme values");
   }
}

template <class T>
void test_spots(T, const char* t)
{
   std::cout << "Testing basic sanity checks for type " << t << std::endl;
   //
   // basic sanity checks, tolerance is 10 epsilon expressed as a percentage:
   //
   T tolerance = boost::math::tools::epsilon<T>() * 1000;
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erfc(static_cast<T>(0.125)), static_cast<T>(0.85968379519866618260697055347837660181302041685015L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erfc(static_cast<T>(0.5)), static_cast<T>(0.47950012218695346231725334610803547126354842424204L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erfc(static_cast<T>(1)), static_cast<T>(0.15729920705028513065877936491739074070393300203370L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erfc(static_cast<T>(5)), static_cast<T>(1.5374597944280348501883434853833788901180503147234e-12L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erfc(static_cast<T>(-0.125)), static_cast<T>(1.1403162048013338173930294465216233981869795831498L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erfc(static_cast<T>(-0.5)), static_cast<T>(1.5204998778130465376827466538919645287364515757580L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erfc(static_cast<T>(0)), static_cast<T>(1), tolerance);

   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erf(static_cast<T>(0.125)), static_cast<T>(0.14031620480133381739302944652162339818697958314985L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erf(static_cast<T>(0.5)), static_cast<T>(0.52049987781304653768274665389196452873645157575796L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erf(static_cast<T>(1)), static_cast<T>(0.84270079294971486934122063508260925929606699796630L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erf(static_cast<T>(5)), static_cast<T>(0.9999999999984625402055719651498116565146166211099L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erf(static_cast<T>(-0.125)), static_cast<T>(-0.14031620480133381739302944652162339818697958314985L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erf(static_cast<T>(-0.5)), static_cast<T>(-0.52049987781304653768274665389196452873645157575796L), tolerance);
   BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(::boost::math::erf(static_cast<T>(0)), static_cast<T>(0), tolerance);

   tolerance = boost::math::tools::epsilon<T>() * 100 * 200; // 200 eps %.
#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
   // some platforms long double is only reliably accurate to double precision:
   if(sizeof(T) == sizeof(long double))
      tolerance = boost::math::tools::epsilon<double>() * 100 * 200; // 200 eps %.
#endif

   for(T i = -0.95f; i < 1; i += 0.125f)
   {
      T inv = boost::math::erf_inv(i);
      T b = boost::math::erf(inv);
      BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(b, i, tolerance);
   }
   for(T j = 0.125f; j < 2; j += 0.125f)
   {
      T inv = boost::math::erfc_inv(j);
      T b = boost::math::erfc(inv);
      BOOST_CHECK_CLOSE(b, j, tolerance);
   }
}

int test_main(int, char* [])
{
   BOOST_MATH_CONTROL_FP;
   test_spots(0.0F, "float");
   test_spots(0.0, "double");
#ifndef BOOST_MATH_NO_LONG_DOUBLE_MATH_FUNCTIONS
   test_spots(0.0L, "long double");
#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x582))
   test_spots(boost::math::concepts::real_concept(0.1), "real_concept");
#endif
#endif

   expected_results();

   test_erf(0.1F, "float");
   test_erf(0.1, "double");
#ifndef BOOST_MATH_NO_LONG_DOUBLE_MATH_FUNCTIONS
   test_erf(0.1L, "long double");
#ifndef BOOST_MATH_NO_REAL_CONCEPT_TESTS
#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x582))
   test_erf(boost::math::concepts::real_concept(0.1), "real_concept");
#endif
#endif
#else
   std::cout << "<note>The long double tests have been disabled on this platform "
      "either because the long double overloads of the usual math functions are "
      "not available at all, or because they are too inaccurate for these tests "
      "to pass.</note>" << std::cout;
#endif
   return 0;
}

/*

Output:

test_erf.cpp
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Running 1 test case...
Testing basic sanity checks for type float
Testing basic sanity checks for type double
Testing basic sanity checks for type long double
Testing basic sanity checks for type real_concept
Tests run with Microsoft Visual C++ version 8.0, Dinkumware standard library version 405, Win32
Testing Erf Function: Small Values with type float
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<float> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
boost::math::erfc<float> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
Testing Erf Function: Medium Values with type float
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<float> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
boost::math::erfc<float> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
Testing Erf Function: Large Values with type float
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<float> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
boost::math::erfc<float> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
Testing Inverse Erf Function with type float
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf_inv<float> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
Testing Inverse Erfc Function with type float
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erfc_inv<float> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
Testing Erf Function: Small Values with type double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<double> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
boost::math::erfc<double> Max = 0.7857 RMS Mean=0.06415
    worst case at row: 149
    { 0.3343, 0.3636, 0.6364 }
Testing Erf Function: Medium Values with type double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<double> Max = 0.9219 RMS Mean=0.1016
    worst case at row: 273
    { 0.5252, 0.5424, 0.4576 }
boost::math::erfc<double> Max = 1.08 RMS Mean=0.3224
    worst case at row: 287
    { 0.8461, 0.7685, 0.2315 }
Testing Erf Function: Large Values with type double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<double> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
boost::math::erfc<double> Max = 1.048 RMS Mean=0.2032
    worst case at row: 50
    { 20.96, 1, 4.182e-193 }
Testing Inverse Erf Function with type double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf_inv<double> Max = 1.124 RMS Mean=0.5082
    worst case at row: 98
    { 0.9881, 1.779 }
Testing Inverse Erfc Function with type double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erfc_inv<double> Max = 1.124 RMS Mean=0.5006
    worst case at row: 98
    { 1.988, -1.779 }
Testing Erf Function: Small Values with type long double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<long double> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
boost::math::erfc<long double> Max = 0.7857 RMS Mean=0.06415
    worst case at row: 149
    { 0.3343, 0.3636, 0.6364 }
Testing Erf Function: Medium Values with type long double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<long double> Max = 0.9219 RMS Mean=0.1016
    worst case at row: 273
    { 0.5252, 0.5424, 0.4576 }
boost::math::erfc<long double> Max = 1.08 RMS Mean=0.3224
    worst case at row: 287
    { 0.8461, 0.7685, 0.2315 }
Testing Erf Function: Large Values with type long double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<long double> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
boost::math::erfc<long double> Max = 1.048 RMS Mean=0.2032
    worst case at row: 50
    { 20.96, 1, 4.182e-193 }
Testing Inverse Erf Function with type long double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf_inv<long double> Max = 1.124 RMS Mean=0.5082
    worst case at row: 98
    { 0.9881, 1.779 }
Testing Inverse Erfc Function with type long double
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erfc_inv<long double> Max = 1.124 RMS Mean=0.5006
    worst case at row: 98
    { 1.988, -1.779 }
Testing Erf Function: Small Values with type real_concept
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<real_concept> Max = 1.271 RMS Mean=0.5381
    worst case at row: 144
    { 0.0109, 0.0123, 0.9877 }
boost::math::erfc<real_concept> Max = 0.7857 RMS Mean=0.07777
    worst case at row: 149
    { 0.3343, 0.3636, 0.6364 }
Testing Erf Function: Medium Values with type real_concept
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<real_concept> Max = 22.5 RMS Mean=4.224
    worst case at row: 233
    { -0.7852, -0.7332, 1.733 }
Peak error greater than expected value of 20
i:/boost-sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/test/handle_test_result.hpp(146): error in "test_main_caller( argc, argv )": check bounds.first >= max_error_found failed
boost::math::erfc<real_concept> Max = 97.77 RMS Mean=8.373
    worst case at row: 289
    { 0.9849, 0.8363, 0.1637 }
Peak error greater than expected value of 20
i:/boost-sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/test/handle_test_result.hpp(146): error in "test_main_caller( argc, argv )": check bounds.first >= max_error_found failed
Mean error greater than expected value of 6
i:/boost-sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/test/handle_test_result.hpp(151): error in "test_main_caller( argc, argv )": check bounds.second >= mean_error_found failed
Testing Erf Function: Large Values with type real_concept
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf<real_concept> Max = 0 RMS Mean=0
boost::math::erfc<real_concept> Max = 1.395 RMS Mean=0.2908
    worst case at row: 11
    { 10.99, 1, 1.87e-054 }
Testing Inverse Erf Function with type real_concept
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erf_inv<real_concept> Max = 1.124 RMS Mean=0.5082
    worst case at row: 98
    { 0.9881, 1.779 }
Testing Inverse Erfc Function with type real_concept
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
boost::math::erfc_inv<real_concept> Max = 1.124 RMS Mean=0.5006
    worst case at row: 98
    { 1.988, -1.779 }
Test suite "Test Program" failed with:
  181 assertions out of 184 passed
  3 assertions out of 184 failed
  1 test case out of 1 failed
  Test case "test_main_caller( argc, argv )" failed with:
    181 assertions out of 184 passed
    3 assertions out of 184 failed
Build Time 0:15

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