An algorithm for the numerical computation of the Voigt function

DOI10.1016/0096-3003(90)90047-7MaRDI QIDQ915354zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Frank G. Lether, Paul R. Wenston

Publication date 1990

Published in Applied Mathematics and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0096-3003(90)90047-7

zbMATH Keywords

comparisonscomplex error functioncorrected trapezoidal rulemeromorphic functionVoigt function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Incomplete beta and gamma functions (error functions, probability integral, Fresnel integrals) (33B20) Computation of special functions and constants, construction of tables (65D20) Numerical quadrature and cubature formulas (65D32)

Review text

The Voigt function is the real part of the complex error function \(\exp (-z^2)\mathrm{erfc}(-iz)\). The function is expressed as an integral over the reals of a meromorphic function that involves a free parameter. A corrected trapezoidal rule is used to compute the function. Comparisons with other published methods are given.

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