/* Implementation of Lambert W function Copyright (C) 2009 Darko Veberic, darko.veberic@ung.si This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . */ #ifndef _LambertW_h_ #define _LambertW_h_ #include /** \author Darko Veberic \version $Id: LambertW.h 14958 2009-10-19 11:11:19Z darko $ \date 25 Jun 2009 */ /** Approximate Lambert W function Accuracy at least 5 decimal places in all definition range. See LambertW() for details. \param branch: valid values are 0 and -1 \param x: real-valued argument \f$\geq-1/e\f$ \ingroup math */ template double LambertWApproximation(const double x); /** Lambert W function \image html LambertW.png Lambert function \f$y={\rm W}(x)\f$ is defined as a solution to the \f$x=ye^y\f$ expression and is also known as "product logarithm". Since the inverse of \f$ye^y\f$ is not single-valued, the Lambert function has two real branches \f${\rm W}_0\f$ and \f${\rm W}_{-1}\f$. \f${\rm W}_0(x)\f$ has real values in the interval \f$[-1/e,\infty]\f$ and \f${\rm W}_{-1}(x)\f$ has real values in the interval \f$[-1/e,0]\f$. Accuracy is the nominal double type resolution (16 decimal places). \param branch: valid values are 0 and -1 \param x: real-valued argument \f$\geq-1/e\f$ (range depends on branch) \ingroup math */ template double LambertW(const double x); inline double LambertW(const int branch, const double x) { switch (branch) { case -1: return LambertW<-1>(x); case 0: return LambertW<0>(x); default: return std::numeric_limits::quiet_NaN(); } } #endif