Re: [OctDev] complex error function

[Steven G. J. <st...@al...>]

Juan Pablo Carbajal wrote:
> Then we can look at your code and suggest improvements, etc..., if needed.
> 
> In which field is your function used the most?

The complex error function (generalizing erf, erfc, and erfx) is used in 
lots of fields.  We needed it to solve electromagnetic scattering 
problems via integral-equation methods, where it appears in Ewald 
summations of Green's functions in periodic domains.  It is also used to 
compute the Voigt functions in spectroscopy 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voigt_profile), the dispersion relation in 
plasmas 
(http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/plasma/lectures/node87.html), 
diffusion problems, and probably in other areas I don't know about.

Steven