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-.TH ERF 3 2010-09-20 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH ERF 3 2013-10-29 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
erf, erff, erfl, \- error function
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR erf ()
-function returns the error function of \fIx\fP, defined
+function returns the error function of
+.IR x ,
+defined
as
.TP
erf(x) = 2/sqrt(pi)* integral from 0 to x of exp(\-t*t) dt
.IR errno .
.\" FIXME . Is it intentional that these functions do not set errno?
.\" Bug raised: http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6785
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR erf (),
+.BR erff (),
+and
+.BR erfl ()
+functions are thread-safe.
+.SH CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
The variant returning
.I double
also conforms to
SVr4, 4.3BSD.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR cerf (3),
.BR erfc (3),
.BR exp (3)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.