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implemented exponential integral for issue #228 included tests for small x, large x, and n=1, 2, and special cases

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Ashley Messer 12 years ago
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  1. 1
      src/Numerics/Numerics.csproj
  2. 108
      src/Numerics/SpecialFunctions/ExponentialIntegral.cs
  3. 53
      src/UnitTests/SpecialFunctionsTests/ExponentialIntegralTests.cs
  4. 1
      src/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj

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src/Numerics/Numerics.csproj

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<Compile Include="RootFinding\Bisection.cs" />
<Compile Include="SpecialFunctions\Evaluate.cs" />
<Compile Include="ExcelFunctions.cs" />
<Compile Include="SpecialFunctions\ExponentialIntegral.cs" />
<Compile Include="SpecialFunctions\ModifiedStruve.cs" />
<Compile Include="SpecialFunctions\ModifiedBessel.cs" />
<Compile Include="SpecialFunctions\Logistic.cs" />

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src/Numerics/SpecialFunctions/ExponentialIntegral.cs

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace MathNet.Numerics
{
public static partial class SpecialFunctions
{
/// <summary>
/// Computes the Exponential Integral function.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="x">The argument of the Exponential Integral function.</param>
/// <returns>The value of the Exponential Integral function.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>This implementation of the computation of the Exponential Integral function follows the derivation in
/// "Handbook of Mathematical Functions, Applied Mathematics Series, Volume 55", Abramowitz, M., and Stegun, I.A. 1964, reprinted 1968 by
/// Dover Publications, New York), Chapters 6, 7, and 26.
/// AND
/// "Advanced mathematical methods for scientists and engineers", Bender, Carl M.; Steven A. Orszag (1978). page 253
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// for x > 1 uses continued fraction approach that is often used to compute incomplete gamma.
/// for 0 < x <= 1 uses taylor series expansion
/// </para>
/// <para>Our unit tests suggest that the accuracy of the Exponential Integral function is correct up to 13 floating point digits.</para>
/// </remarks>
public static double ExponentialIntegral(double x, int n)
{
//parameter validation
if (n < 0 || x < 0.0 ) {
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(string.Format("x and n must be positive: x={0}, n={1}", x, n));
}
const double epsilon = 0.00000000000000001;
int maxIterations = 100;
int i, ii;
double ndbl = (double)n;
double result = double.NaN;
double nearDoubleMin = 1e-100; //needs a very small value that is not quite as small as the lowest value double can take
double factorial = 1.0d;
double del;
double psi;
double a, b, c, d, h; //variables for continued fraction
//special cases
if (n == 0)
{
result = Math.Exp( -1.0d * x ) / x;
return result;
}
else if (x == 0.0d)
{
result = 1.0d / (ndbl - 1.0d);
return result;
}
//general cases
//continued fraction for large x
if (x > 1.0d)
{
b = x + ((double)n);
c = 1.0d / nearDoubleMin;
d = 1.0d / b;
h = d;
for (i = 1; i <= maxIterations; i++)
{
a = -1.0d * ((double)i) * ((ndbl - 1.0d) + (double)i);
b += 2.0d;
d = 1.0d / (a * d + b);
c = b + a / c;
del = c * d;
h = h * del;
if (Math.Abs(del - 1.0d) < epsilon)
{
result = h * Math.Exp( -x );
return result;
}
}
throw new ArithmeticException(string.Format("continued fraction failed to converge for x={0}, n={1})", x, n));
}
//series computation for small x
else
{
result = ((ndbl - 1.0d) != 0 ? 1.0 / (ndbl - 1.0d) : (-1.0d * Math.Log(x) - Constants.EulerMascheroni)); //Set first term.
for (i = 1; i <= maxIterations; i++)
{
factorial *= (-1.0d * x / ((double)i));
if (i != (ndbl - 1.0d)) { del = -factorial / (i - (ndbl - 1.0d)); }
else
{
psi = -1.0d * Constants.EulerMascheroni;
for (ii = 1; ii <= (ndbl - 1.0d); ii++)
{
psi += (1.0d / ((double)ii));
}
del = factorial * (-1.0d * Math.Log(x) + psi);
}
result += del;
if (Math.Abs(del) < Math.Abs(result) * epsilon)
{
return result;
}
}
throw new ArithmeticException(string.Format("series failed to converge for x={0}, n={1})", x, n));
}
}
}
}

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src/UnitTests/SpecialFunctionsTests/ExponentialIntegralTests.cs

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namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests.SpecialFunctionsTests
{
using System;
using NUnit.Framework;
/// <summary>
/// Factorial tests.
/// </summary>
[TestFixture, Category("Distributions")]
public class ExponentialIntegralTests
{
[TestCase(0.001d, 6.33153936413614904)]
[TestCase(0.1d, 1.82292395841939059)]
[TestCase(1.0d, 0.219383934395520286d)]
[TestCase(2.0d, 0.0489005107080611248d)]
[TestCase(2.5d, 0.0249149178702697399)]
[TestCase(10.0d, 4.15696892968532464e-06)]
public void ExponentialIntegral_Matches_MATLAB_and_R_expint_E1(double x, double result)
{
double actual = SpecialFunctions.ExponentialIntegral( x, 1 );
double delta = Math.Abs( result - actual );
AssertHelpers.AlmostEqualRelative( result, actual, 13 );
}
[TestCase(0.001d, 2, 0.992668960469238915)]
[TestCase(0.1d, 2, 0.722545022194020392)]
[TestCase(1.0d, 2, 0.148495506775922048)]
[TestCase(2.0d, 2, 0.0375342618204904527)]
[TestCase(10.0d, 2, 3.830240465631608e-06)]
public void ExponentialIntegral_Matches_R_expint_En(double x, int n, double result)
{
double actual = SpecialFunctions.ExponentialIntegral(x, n);
double delta = Math.Abs(result - actual);
AssertHelpers.AlmostEqualRelative(result, actual, 13);
}
[TestCase(0.001d, 0, 999.000499833375)]
[TestCase(0.1d, 0, 9.048374180359595)]
[TestCase(1.0d, 0, 0.3678794411714423)]
[TestCase(2.0d, 0, 0.06766764161830635)]
[TestCase(10.0d, 0, 4.539992976248485e-06)]
public void ExponentialIntegral_SpecialCase_EXP_Matches_from_R_expint_En(double x, int n, double result)
{
double actual = SpecialFunctions.ExponentialIntegral(x, n);
double delta = Math.Abs(result - actual);
AssertHelpers.AlmostEqualRelative(result, actual, 13);
}
}
}

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src/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj

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<Compile Include="RootFindingTests\NewtonRaphsonTest.cs" />
<Compile Include="SortingTests.cs" />
<Compile Include="ExcelTests.cs" />
<Compile Include="SpecialFunctionsTests\ExponentialIntegralTests.cs" />
<Compile Include="SpecialFunctionsTests\ModifiedStruveTests.cs" />
<Compile Include="SpecialFunctionsTests\ModifiedBesselTests.cs" />
<Compile Include="SpecialFunctionsTests\ErfTests.cs" />

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