result of erf is never more precise than double 3 results were exact to double the precision 20 largest ulp errors (stored in a double) 0.55029 ulp for erf(0.173003437415309991) = 0.19328324616993478) 0.54448 ulp for erf(0.532200885538677615) = 0.54833715828603613) 0.54040 ulp for erf(-0.489341802678973925) = -0.51108390576853624) 0.52689 ulp for erf(-0.237989233146952112) = -0.263557116890746901) 0.52652 ulp for erf(-0.220614686665097565) = -0.244956651014343191) 0.52414 ulp for erf(0.789433081039224605) = 0.735760585524578681) 0.52372 ulp for erf(-0.237989233146952528) = -0.263557116890747345) 0.51817 ulp for erf(1.45550972655508826) = 0.960448401281772002) 0.51604 ulp for erf(-1.29245567966885266) = -0.932421680527195207) 0.51470 ulp for erf(-0.11950033357842324) = -0.134202566094570735) 0.51280 ulp for erf(1.33777652839433969) = 0.9414959220645438) 0.51243 ulp for erf(0.644448162086819432) = 0.637908673562691209) 0.51150 ulp for erf(1.0962664969880267) = 0.878943654476177727) 0.51148 ulp for erf(-1.29245567966885422) = -0.932421680527195651) 0.50985 ulp for erf(1.29335219460623585) = 0.932611808380637064) 0.50972 ulp for erf(1.97479464988596676) = 0.994774300306054737) 0.50840 ulp for erf(1.10546442291395453) = 0.882032710438650058) 0.50762 ulp for erf(0.393287002759313054) = 0.421920264755931529) 0.50750 ulp for erf(1.09626649698801426) = 0.878943654476173508) 0.50749 ulp for erf(-1.2238890926331345) = -0.916519793341092348) erf12770.550290.1730034374153099910.19328324616993478