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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">></span>
<a class="link" href="../result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">atanh</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span>
-<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter 19. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a><span class="special">></span>
-<a class="link" href="../result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">atanh</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter 19. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a><span class="special">&);</span>
+<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter 20. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a><span class="special">></span>
+<a class="link" href="../result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">atanh</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter 20. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a><span class="special">&);</span>
</pre>
<p>
Computes the reciprocal of <a class="link" href="inv_hyper_over.html" title="Inverse Hyperbolic Functions Overview">the
hyperbolic tangent function</a>, at x.
</p>
<p>
- The final <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter 19. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a> argument is optional and can
+ The final <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter 20. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a> argument is optional and can
be used to control the behaviour of the function: how it handles errors,
- what level of precision to use etc. Refer to the <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter 19. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">policy
+ what level of precision to use etc. Refer to the <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter 20. Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">policy
documentation for more details</a>.
</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>
If x is in the range <code class="literal">[-1;-1+ε[</code>, then the result of -<a class="link" href="../error_handling.html#math_toolkit.error_handling.overflow_error">overflow_error</a>
- is returned, with ε  
-denoting numeric_limits<T>::epsilon().
+ is returned, with ε
+denoting <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">epsilon</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
If x is in the range <code class="literal">]+1-ε;+1]</code>, then the result of <a class="link" href="../error_handling.html#math_toolkit.error_handling.overflow_error">overflow_error</a>
- is returned, with ε  
-denoting numeric_limits<T>::epsilon().
+ is returned, with ε
+denoting <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">epsilon</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
</p>
<p>
The return type of this function is computed using the <a class="link" href="../result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>result
type calculation rules</em></span></a>: the return type is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span></code> when T is an integer type, and T otherwise.
</p>
-<p>
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../graphs/atanh.svg" align="middle"></span>
- </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
+ <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../graphs/atanh.svg" align="middle"></span>
+
+ </p></blockquote></div>
<h5>
<a name="math_toolkit.inv_hyper.atanh.h0"></a>
<span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.inv_hyper.atanh.accuracy"></a></span><a class="link" href="atanh.html#math_toolkit.inv_hyper.atanh.accuracy">Accuracy</a>
</h5>
<p>
- Generally accuracy is to within 1 or 2 epsilon across all supported platforms.
+ Generally accuracy is to within 1 or 2 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_epsilon" target="_top">machine
+ epsilon</a> across all supported platforms.
</p>
<h5>
<a name="math_toolkit.inv_hyper.atanh.h1"></a>
to give full function coverage computed at high precision using the "naive"
formula:
</p>
-<p>
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../equations/atanh1.svg"></span>
- </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
+ <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../equations/atanh1.svg"></span>
+
+ </p></blockquote></div>
<p>
along with a selection of sanity check values computed using functions.wolfram.com
to at least 50 decimal digits.
<p>
For sufficiently small x we can use the <a href="http://functions.wolfram.com/ElementaryFunctions/ArcTanh/06/01/03/01/" target="_top">approximation</a>:
</p>
-<p>
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../equations/atanh2.svg"></span>
- </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
+ <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../equations/atanh2.svg"></span>
+
+ </p></blockquote></div>
<p>
Otherwise the <a href="http://functions.wolfram.com/ElementaryFunctions/ArcTanh/02/" target="_top">primary
definition</a>:
</p>
-<p>
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../equations/atanh1.svg"></span>
- </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
+ <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../equations/atanh1.svg"></span>
+
+ </p></blockquote></div>
<p>
or its equivalent form:
</p>
-<p>
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../equations/atanh3.svg"></span>
- </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
+ <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../equations/atanh3.svg"></span>
+
+ </p></blockquote></div>
<p>
is used.
</p>