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Re: scaled complementary error function in Mathematica?

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg69280] Re: scaled complementary error function in Mathematica?
• From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
• Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 05:30:46 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: The University of Western Australia
• References: <ed3sbu$s52$1@smc.vnet.net>
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

In article <ed3sbu$s52$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
 Tanim Islam <tanim.islam at lra.ens.fr> wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone had a package or notebook file that computes the
> scaled complementary error function directly? Specifically, something that
> computes exp(x^2) erfc(x)? 

I must be missing something. Doesn't

  Erfcx[x_] = Exp[x^2] Erfc[x]

do exactly what you want?

Cheers,
Paul

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