A Simple Reform for Treating the Loss of Accuracy of Humlíček’s W4 Algorithm Near the Real Axis

Mofreh Ramadan Zaghloul

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A Simple Reform for Treating the Loss of Accuracy of Humlíček’s W4 Algorithm Near the Real Axis

Mofreh Ramadan Zaghloul

Published in Applied and Computational Mathematics (Volume 11, Issue 2)

Received: 20 March 2022 Accepted: 6 April 2022 Published: 25 April 2022

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Abstract

Rapid evaluation of the Faddeyeva function, also known as the complex probability function, is essential to many spectroscopic and stellar applications. Humlíček’s W4 Algorithm is widely used in the literature for rapid and marginally accurate evaluation of the function (~10^-4). However, as reported in the literature, the algorithm lose its claimed accuracy near the x-axis. In this paper, we present a simple reform for treating the reported problem of loss-of-accuracy near the real axis of the algorithm. The reform is reached through region-borders rearrangement which is reflected as a very minor coding change to the original w4 algorithm that can be straightforwardly implemented. The reformed routine maintains the claimed accuracy of the algorithm over a wide and fine grid that covers all the domain of the real part, x, of the complex input variable, z=x+iy, and values for the imaginary part in the range y=Î [10^-30, 10³⁰].

Published in	Applied and Computational Mathematics (Volume 11, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.acm.20221102.13
Page(s)	56-59
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Faddeyeva Function, Complex Probability Function, Voigt Function, W4 Algorithm

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