Accurate approximations for the complex error function with small imaginary argument

DOI10.5539/JMR.V1N1P44MaRDI QIDQ6256120zbMATH OpenFDO

Publication date 3 November 2014

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.5539/JMR.V1N1P44

Abstract: In this paper we present two efficient approximations for the complex error function

w l e f t (z i g h t)

with small imaginary argument

o p e r a t o r n a m e I m l e f t [z i g h t] < < 1

over the range

0 l e o p e r a t o r n a m e R e l e f t [z i g h t] l e 15

that is commonly considered difficult for highly accurate and rapid computation. These approximations are expressed in terms of the Dawson's integral

F l e f t (x i g h t)

of real argument

x

that enables their efficient implementation in a rapid algorithm. The error analysis we performed using the random input numbers

x

and

y

reveals that in the real and imaginary parts the average accuracy of the first approximation exceeds

1 0^{- 9}

and

1 0^{- 14}

, while the average accuracy of the second approximation exceeds

1 0^{- 13}

and

1 0^{- 14}

, respectively. The first approximation is slightly faster in computation. However, the second approximation provides excellent high-accuracy coverage over the required domain.

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