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svn commit: r1054184 - in /commons/proper/math: branches/MATH_2_X/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ branches/MATH_2_X/src/site/xdoc/ branches/MATH_2_X/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/ma...

Author: psteitz
Date: Sat Jan  1 01:23:02 2011
New Revision: 1054184

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1054184&view=rev
Log:
* Added erfc
* Top-coded both erf and erfc to return extreme values when true values
  are indistinguishable from extrema
* Added tests against reference data
JIRA: MATH-465, MATH-364

Modified:
    commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java
    commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
    commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java
    commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java
    commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
    commons/proper/math/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java

Modified: commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java?rev=1054184&r1=1054183&r2=1054184&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java (original)
+++ commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java Sat Jan  1 01:23:02 2011
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.commons.math.special;
 
 import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
+import org.apache.commons.math.util.FastMath;
 
 /**
  * This is a utility class that provides computation methods related to the
@@ -34,24 +35,58 @@ public class Erf {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the error function erf(x).
+     * <p>Returns the error function</p>
+     * <p>erf(x) = 2/&radic;&pi; <sub>0</sub>&int;<sup>x</sup> e<sup>-t<sup>2</sup></sup>dt </p>
      *
-     * The implementation of this method is based on:
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>
-     * <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erf.html">
-     * Erf</a>, equation (3).</li>
-     * </ul>
+     * <p>This implementation computes erf(x) using the
+     * {@link Gamma#regularizedGammaP(double, double, double, int) regularized gamma function},
+     * following <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erf.html"> Erf</a>, equation (3)</p>
+     * 
+     * <p>The value returned is always between -1 and 1 (inclusive).  If {@code abs(x) > 40}, then
+     * {@code erf(x)} is indistinguishable from either 1 or -1 as a double, so the appropriate extreme
+     * value is returned.</p>
      *
      * @param x the value.
      * @return the error function erf(x)
      * @throws MathException if the algorithm fails to converge.
+     * @see Gamma#regularizedGammaP(double, double, double, int)
      */
     public static double erf(double x) throws MathException {
+        if (FastMath.abs(x) > 40) {
+            return x > 0 ? 1 : -1;
+        }
         double ret = Gamma.regularizedGammaP(0.5, x * x, 1.0e-15, 10000);
         if (x < 0) {
             ret = -ret;
         }
         return ret;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * <p>Returns the complementary error function</p>
+     * <p>erfc(x) = 2/&radic;&pi; <sub>x</sub>&int;<sup>&infin;</sup> e<sup>-t<sup>2</sup></sup>dt <br/>
+     *    = 1 - {@link #erf(double) erf(x)} </p>
+     *
+     * <p>This implementation computes erfc(x) using the
+     * {@link Gamma#regularizedGammaQ(double, double, double, int) regularized gamma function},
+     * following <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erf.html"> Erf</a>, equation (3).</p>
+     * 
+     * <p>The value returned is always between 0 and 2 (inclusive).  If {@code abs(x) > 40}, then
+     * {@code erf(x)} is indistinguishable from either 0 or 2 as a double, so the appropriate extreme
+     * value is returned.</p>
+     * 
+     * @param x the value
+     * @return the complementary error function erfc(x)
+     * @throws MathException if the algorithm fails to converge
+     * @see Gamma#regularizedGammaQ(double, double, double, int)
+     * @since 2.2
+     */
+    public static double erfc(double x) throws MathException {
+        if (FastMath.abs(x) > 40) {
+            return x > 0 ? 0 : 2;
+        }
+        final double ret = Gamma.regularizedGammaQ(0.5, x * x, 1.0e-15, 10000);
+        return x < 0 ? 2 - ret : ret;
+    }
 }
+

Modified: commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml?rev=1054184&r1=1054183&r2=1054184&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml (original)
+++ commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml Sat Jan  1 01:23:02 2011
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,u
     If the output is not quite correct, check for invisible trailing spaces!
      -->
     <release version="2.2" date="TBD" description="TBD">
+      <action dev="psteitz" type="update" issue="MATH-364" due-to="Christian Winter">
+        Added complementary error function, erfc.
+      </action>
+      <action dev="psteitz" type="fix" issue="MATH-456">
+        Modified erf (and erfc) to return extreme values for x with abs(x) > 40.
+        For these arguments, the true value is indistinguishable from an extrema as a double.
+      </action>
       <action dev="psteitz" type="update" issue="MATH-448" due-to="Patrick Meyer">
         Added a getUniqueCount() method to Frequency to return the number of unique
         values included in the frequency table.

Modified: commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java?rev=1054184&r1=1054183&r2=1054184&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java (original)
+++ commons/proper/math/branches/MATH_2_X/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java Sat Jan  1 01:23:02 2011
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.commons.math.special;
 
 import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
+import org.apache.commons.math.TestUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.math.util.FastMath;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
     public void testErf0() throws MathException {
         double actual = Erf.erf(0.0);
         double expected = 0.0;
-        assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-15);
+        assertEquals(1 - expected, Erf.erfc(0.0), 1.0e-15);
     }
 
     public void testErf1960() throws MathException {
@@ -38,10 +40,12 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
         double actual = Erf.erf(x);
         double expected = 0.95;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(x), 1.0e-15);
 
         actual = Erf.erf(-x);
         expected = -expected;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(-x), 1.0e-15);
     }
 
     public void testErf2576() throws MathException {
@@ -49,10 +53,12 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
         double actual = Erf.erf(x);
         double expected = 0.99;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(x), 1e-15);
 
         actual = Erf.erf(-x);
         expected = -expected;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(-x), 1.0e-15);
     }
 
     public void testErf2807() throws MathException {
@@ -60,10 +66,12 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
         double actual = Erf.erf(x);
         double expected = 0.995;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(x), 1.0e-15);
 
         actual = Erf.erf(-x);
         expected = -expected;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(-x), 1.0e-15);
     }
 
     public void testErf3291() throws MathException {
@@ -71,20 +79,112 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
         double actual = Erf.erf(x);
         double expected = 0.999;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - expected, Erf.erfc(x), 1.0e-5);
 
         actual = Erf.erf(-x);
         expected = -expected;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - expected, Erf.erfc(-x), 1.0e-5);
     }
-
+    
     /**
-     * MATH-301
+     * MATH-301, MATH-456
      */
     public void testLargeValues() throws Exception {
-        for (int i = 1; i < 200; i++) {
+        for (int i = 1; i < 200; i*=10) {
             double result = Erf.erf(i);
             assertFalse(Double.isNaN(result));
             assertTrue(result > 0 && result <= 1);
+            result = Erf.erf(-i);
+            assertFalse(Double.isNaN(result));
+            assertTrue(result >= -1 && result < 0);
+            result = Erf.erfc(i);
+            assertFalse(Double.isNaN(result));
+            assertTrue(result >= 0 && result < 1);
+            result = Erf.erfc(-i);
+            assertFalse(Double.isNaN(result));
+            assertTrue(result >= 1 && result <= 2);    
+        }
+        assertEquals(-1, Erf.erf(Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY), 0);
+        assertEquals(1, Erf.erf(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY), 0);
+        assertEquals(2, Erf.erfc(Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY), 0);
+        assertEquals(0, Erf.erfc(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY), 0);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Compare Erf.erf against reference values computed using GCC 4.2.1 (Apple OSX packaged version)
+     * erfl (extended precision erf).
+     */
+    public void testErfGnu() throws Exception {
+        final double tol = 1E-15;
+        final double[] gnuValues = new double[] {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+        -1, -1, -1, -0.99999999999999997848, 
+        -0.99999999999999264217, -0.99999999999846254017, -0.99999999980338395581, -0.99999998458274209971, 
+        -0.9999992569016276586, -0.99997790950300141459, -0.99959304798255504108, -0.99532226501895273415, 
+        -0.96610514647531072711, -0.84270079294971486948, -0.52049987781304653809,  0, 
+         0.52049987781304653809, 0.84270079294971486948, 0.96610514647531072711, 0.99532226501895273415, 
+         0.99959304798255504108, 0.99997790950300141459, 0.9999992569016276586, 0.99999998458274209971, 
+         0.99999999980338395581, 0.99999999999846254017, 0.99999999999999264217, 0.99999999999999997848, 
+         1,  1,  1,  1, 
+         1,  1,  1,  1};
+        double x = -10d;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 41; i++) {
+            assertEquals(gnuValues[i], Erf.erf(x), tol);
+            x += 0.5d;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Compare Erf.erfc against reference values computed using GCC 4.2.1 (Apple OSX packaged version)
+     * erfcl (extended precision erfc).
+     */
+    public void testErfcGnu() throws Exception {
+        final double tol = 1E-15;
+        final double[] gnuValues = new double[] { 2,  2,  2,  2,  2, 
+        2,  2,  2, 1.9999999999999999785, 
+        1.9999999999999926422, 1.9999999999984625402, 1.9999999998033839558, 1.9999999845827420998, 
+        1.9999992569016276586, 1.9999779095030014146, 1.9995930479825550411, 1.9953222650189527342, 
+        1.9661051464753107271, 1.8427007929497148695, 1.5204998778130465381,  1, 
+        0.47950012218695346194, 0.15729920705028513051, 0.033894853524689272893, 0.0046777349810472658333, 
+        0.00040695201744495893941, 2.2090496998585441366E-05, 7.4309837234141274516E-07, 1.5417257900280018858E-08, 
+        1.966160441542887477E-10, 1.5374597944280348501E-12, 7.3578479179743980661E-15, 2.1519736712498913103E-17, 
+        3.8421483271206474691E-20, 4.1838256077794144006E-23, 2.7766493860305691016E-26, 1.1224297172982927079E-29, 
+        2.7623240713337714448E-33, 4.1370317465138102353E-37, 3.7692144856548799402E-41, 2.0884875837625447567E-45};
+        double x = -10d;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 41; i++) {
+            assertEquals(gnuValues[i], Erf.erfc(x), tol);
+            x += 0.5d;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Tests erfc against reference data computed using Maple reported in Marsaglia, G,, 
+     * "Evaluating the Normal Distribution," Journal of Statistical Software, July, 2004.
+     * http//www.jstatsoft.org/v11/a05/paper
+     */
+    public void testErfcMaple() throws Exception {
+        double[][] ref = new double[][]
+                        {{0.1, 4.60172162722971e-01},
+                         {1.2, 1.15069670221708e-01},
+                         {2.3, 1.07241100216758e-02},
+                         {3.4, 3.36929265676881e-04},
+                         {4.5, 3.39767312473006e-06},
+                         {5.6, 1.07175902583109e-08}, 
+                         {6.7, 1.04209769879652e-11},
+                         {7.8, 3.09535877195870e-15},
+                         {8.9, 2.79233437493966e-19},
+                         {10.0, 7.61985302416053e-24},
+                         {11.1, 6.27219439321703e-29},
+                         {12.2, 1.55411978638959e-34}, 
+                         {13.3, 1.15734162836904e-40},
+                         {14.4, 2.58717592540226e-47},
+                         {15.5, 1.73446079179387e-54},
+                         {16.6, 3.48454651995041e-62}
+        };
+        for (int i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
+            final double result = 0.5*Erf.erfc(ref[i][0]/Math.sqrt(2));
+            assertEquals(ref[i][1], result, 1E-15);
+            TestUtils.assertRelativelyEquals(ref[i][1], result, 1E-13);
         }
     }
 }

Modified: commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java?rev=1054184&r1=1054183&r2=1054184&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java (original)
+++ commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/Erf.java Sat Jan  1 01:23:02 2011
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.commons.math.special;
 
 import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
+import org.apache.commons.math.util.FastMath;
 
 /**
  * This is a utility class that provides computation methods related to the
@@ -34,24 +35,58 @@ public class Erf {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the error function erf(x).
+     * <p>Returns the error function</p>
+     * <p>erf(x) = 2/&radic;&pi; <sub>0</sub>&int;<sup>x</sup> e<sup>-t<sup>2</sup></sup>dt </p>
      *
-     * The implementation of this method is based on:
-     * <ul>
-     * <li>
-     * <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erf.html">
-     * Erf</a>, equation (3).</li>
-     * </ul>
+     * <p>This implementation computes erf(x) using the
+     * {@link Gamma#regularizedGammaP(double, double, double, int) regularized gamma function},
+     * following <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erf.html"> Erf</a>, equation (3)</p>
+     * 
+     * <p>The value returned is always between -1 and 1 (inclusive).  If {@code abs(x) > 40}, then
+     * {@code erf(x)} is indistinguishable from either 1 or -1 as a double, so the appropriate extreme
+     * value is returned.</p>
      *
      * @param x the value.
      * @return the error function erf(x)
      * @throws MathException if the algorithm fails to converge.
+     * @see Gamma#regularizedGammaP(double, double, double, int)
      */
     public static double erf(double x) throws MathException {
+        if (FastMath.abs(x) > 40) {
+            return x > 0 ? 1 : -1;
+        }
         double ret = Gamma.regularizedGammaP(0.5, x * x, 1.0e-15, 10000);
         if (x < 0) {
             ret = -ret;
         }
         return ret;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * <p>Returns the complementary error function</p>
+     * <p>erfc(x) = 2/&radic;&pi; <sub>x</sub>&int;<sup>&infin;</sup> e<sup>-t<sup>2</sup></sup>dt <br/>
+     *    = 1 - {@link #erf(double) erf(x)} </p>
+     *
+     * <p>This implementation computes erfc(x) using the
+     * {@link Gamma#regularizedGammaQ(double, double, double, int) regularized gamma function},
+     * following <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erf.html"> Erf</a>, equation (3).</p>
+     * 
+     * <p>The value returned is always between 0 and 2 (inclusive).  If {@code abs(x) > 40}, then
+     * {@code erf(x)} is indistinguishable from either 0 or 2 as a double, so the appropriate extreme
+     * value is returned.</p>
+     * 
+     * @param x the value
+     * @return the complementary error function erfc(x)
+     * @throws MathException if the algorithm fails to converge
+     * @see Gamma#regularizedGammaQ(double, double, double, int)
+     * @since 2.2
+     */
+    public static double erfc(double x) throws MathException {
+        if (FastMath.abs(x) > 40) {
+            return x > 0 ? 0 : 2;
+        }
+        final double ret = Gamma.regularizedGammaQ(0.5, x * x, 1.0e-15, 10000);
+        return x < 0 ? 2 - ret : ret;
+    }
 }
+

Modified: commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml?rev=1054184&r1=1054183&r2=1054184&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml (original)
+++ commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml Sat Jan  1 01:23:02 2011
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,u
       </action>
     </release>
     <release version="2.2" date="TBD" description="TBD">
+      <action dev="psteitz" type="update" issue="MATH-364" due-to="Christian Winter">
+        Added complementary error function, erfc.
+      </action>
+      <action dev="psteitz" type="fix" issue="MATH-456">
+        Modified erf (and erfc) to return extreme values for x with abs(x) > 40.
+        For these arguments, the true value is indistinguishable from an extrema as a double.
+      </action>
       <action dev="psteitz" type="update" issue="MATH-448" due-to="Patrick Meyer">
         Added a getUniqueCount() method to Frequency to return the number of unique
         values included in the frequency table.

Modified: commons/proper/math/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java?rev=1054184&r1=1054183&r2=1054184&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- commons/proper/math/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java (original)
+++ commons/proper/math/trunk/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/special/ErfTest.java Sat Jan  1 01:23:02 2011
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.commons.math.special;
 
 import org.apache.commons.math.MathException;
+import org.apache.commons.math.TestUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.math.util.FastMath;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
     public void testErf0() throws MathException {
         double actual = Erf.erf(0.0);
         double expected = 0.0;
-        assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-15);
+        assertEquals(1 - expected, Erf.erfc(0.0), 1.0e-15);
     }
 
     public void testErf1960() throws MathException {
@@ -38,10 +40,12 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
         double actual = Erf.erf(x);
         double expected = 0.95;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(x), 1.0e-15);
 
         actual = Erf.erf(-x);
         expected = -expected;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(-x), 1.0e-15);
     }
 
     public void testErf2576() throws MathException {
@@ -49,10 +53,12 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
         double actual = Erf.erf(x);
         double expected = 0.99;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(x), 1e-15);
 
         actual = Erf.erf(-x);
         expected = -expected;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(-x), 1.0e-15);
     }
 
     public void testErf2807() throws MathException {
@@ -60,10 +66,12 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
         double actual = Erf.erf(x);
         double expected = 0.995;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(x), 1.0e-15);
 
         actual = Erf.erf(-x);
         expected = -expected;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - actual, Erf.erfc(-x), 1.0e-15);
     }
 
     public void testErf3291() throws MathException {
@@ -71,20 +79,112 @@ public class ErfTest extends TestCase {
         double actual = Erf.erf(x);
         double expected = 0.999;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - expected, Erf.erfc(x), 1.0e-5);
 
         actual = Erf.erf(-x);
         expected = -expected;
         assertEquals(expected, actual, 1.0e-5);
+        assertEquals(1 - expected, Erf.erfc(-x), 1.0e-5);
     }
-
+    
     /**
-     * MATH-301
+     * MATH-301, MATH-456
      */
     public void testLargeValues() throws Exception {
-        for (int i = 1; i < 200; i++) {
+        for (int i = 1; i < 200; i*=10) {
             double result = Erf.erf(i);
             assertFalse(Double.isNaN(result));
             assertTrue(result > 0 && result <= 1);
+            result = Erf.erf(-i);
+            assertFalse(Double.isNaN(result));
+            assertTrue(result >= -1 && result < 0);
+            result = Erf.erfc(i);
+            assertFalse(Double.isNaN(result));
+            assertTrue(result >= 0 && result < 1);
+            result = Erf.erfc(-i);
+            assertFalse(Double.isNaN(result));
+            assertTrue(result >= 1 && result <= 2);    
+        }
+        assertEquals(-1, Erf.erf(Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY), 0);
+        assertEquals(1, Erf.erf(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY), 0);
+        assertEquals(2, Erf.erfc(Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY), 0);
+        assertEquals(0, Erf.erfc(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY), 0);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Compare Erf.erf against reference values computed using GCC 4.2.1 (Apple OSX packaged version)
+     * erfl (extended precision erf).
+     */
+    public void testErfGnu() throws Exception {
+        final double tol = 1E-15;
+        final double[] gnuValues = new double[] {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, 
+        -1, -1, -1, -0.99999999999999997848, 
+        -0.99999999999999264217, -0.99999999999846254017, -0.99999999980338395581, -0.99999998458274209971, 
+        -0.9999992569016276586, -0.99997790950300141459, -0.99959304798255504108, -0.99532226501895273415, 
+        -0.96610514647531072711, -0.84270079294971486948, -0.52049987781304653809,  0, 
+         0.52049987781304653809, 0.84270079294971486948, 0.96610514647531072711, 0.99532226501895273415, 
+         0.99959304798255504108, 0.99997790950300141459, 0.9999992569016276586, 0.99999998458274209971, 
+         0.99999999980338395581, 0.99999999999846254017, 0.99999999999999264217, 0.99999999999999997848, 
+         1,  1,  1,  1, 
+         1,  1,  1,  1};
+        double x = -10d;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 41; i++) {
+            assertEquals(gnuValues[i], Erf.erf(x), tol);
+            x += 0.5d;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Compare Erf.erfc against reference values computed using GCC 4.2.1 (Apple OSX packaged version)
+     * erfcl (extended precision erfc).
+     */
+    public void testErfcGnu() throws Exception {
+        final double tol = 1E-15;
+        final double[] gnuValues = new double[] { 2,  2,  2,  2,  2, 
+        2,  2,  2, 1.9999999999999999785, 
+        1.9999999999999926422, 1.9999999999984625402, 1.9999999998033839558, 1.9999999845827420998, 
+        1.9999992569016276586, 1.9999779095030014146, 1.9995930479825550411, 1.9953222650189527342, 
+        1.9661051464753107271, 1.8427007929497148695, 1.5204998778130465381,  1, 
+        0.47950012218695346194, 0.15729920705028513051, 0.033894853524689272893, 0.0046777349810472658333, 
+        0.00040695201744495893941, 2.2090496998585441366E-05, 7.4309837234141274516E-07, 1.5417257900280018858E-08, 
+        1.966160441542887477E-10, 1.5374597944280348501E-12, 7.3578479179743980661E-15, 2.1519736712498913103E-17, 
+        3.8421483271206474691E-20, 4.1838256077794144006E-23, 2.7766493860305691016E-26, 1.1224297172982927079E-29, 
+        2.7623240713337714448E-33, 4.1370317465138102353E-37, 3.7692144856548799402E-41, 2.0884875837625447567E-45};
+        double x = -10d;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 41; i++) {
+            assertEquals(gnuValues[i], Erf.erfc(x), tol);
+            x += 0.5d;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Tests erfc against reference data computed using Maple reported in Marsaglia, G,, 
+     * "Evaluating the Normal Distribution," Journal of Statistical Software, July, 2004.
+     * http//www.jstatsoft.org/v11/a05/paper
+     */
+    public void testErfcMaple() throws Exception {
+        double[][] ref = new double[][]
+                        {{0.1, 4.60172162722971e-01},
+                         {1.2, 1.15069670221708e-01},
+                         {2.3, 1.07241100216758e-02},
+                         {3.4, 3.36929265676881e-04},
+                         {4.5, 3.39767312473006e-06},
+                         {5.6, 1.07175902583109e-08}, 
+                         {6.7, 1.04209769879652e-11},
+                         {7.8, 3.09535877195870e-15},
+                         {8.9, 2.79233437493966e-19},
+                         {10.0, 7.61985302416053e-24},
+                         {11.1, 6.27219439321703e-29},
+                         {12.2, 1.55411978638959e-34}, 
+                         {13.3, 1.15734162836904e-40},
+                         {14.4, 2.58717592540226e-47},
+                         {15.5, 1.73446079179387e-54},
+                         {16.6, 3.48454651995041e-62}
+        };
+        for (int i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
+            final double result = 0.5*Erf.erfc(ref[i][0]/Math.sqrt(2));
+            assertEquals(ref[i][1], result, 1E-15);
+            TestUtils.assertRelativelyEquals(ref[i][1], result, 1E-13);
         }
     }
 }