User:Conformancenut347/Error function

History

The name "error-function" and notation $\operatorname {Erf}$ ^[1] (as well as "error-function-complement" and $\operatorname {Erfc}$ ^[2]) were coined by J. W. L. Glaisher in 1871 "on account of its earliest and still most important use being in connexion with the theory of Probability, and notably the theory of Errors." Glaisher recounts the history of these special functions^[2]:

^ Glaisher, James Whitbread Lee (July 1871). "On a class of definite integrals". London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 4. 42 (277). Taylor & Francis: 294–302. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
^ ^a ^b Glaisher, James Whitbread Lee (September 1871). "On a class of definite integrals. Part II". London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 4. 42 (279). Taylor & Francis: 421–436. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[Glaisher1871a-1] Glaisher, James Whitbread Lee (July 1871). "On a class of definite integrals". London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 4. 42 (277). Taylor & Francis: 294–302. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[Glaisher1871b-2] Glaisher, James Whitbread Lee (September 1871). "On a class of definite integrals. Part II". London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science. 4. 42 (279). Taylor & Francis: 421–436. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

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