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  29 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">special_functions</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">cbrt</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
  30 </pre>
  31 <pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">math</span><span class="special">{</span>
  32
  33 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
  34 <a class="link" href="../result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">cbrt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span>
  35
  36 <span class="keyword">template</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter&#160;15.&#160;Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a><span class="special">&gt;</span>
  37 <a class="link" href="../result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>calculated-result-type</em></span></a> <span class="identifier">cbrt</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter&#160;15.&#160;Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a><span class="special">&amp;);</span>
  38
  39 <span class="special">}}</span> <span class="comment">// namespaces</span>
  40 </pre>
  41 <p>
  42         Returns the cubed root of x: x<sup>1/3</sup>.
  43       </p>
  44 <p>
  45         The return type of this function is computed using the <a class="link" href="../result_type.html" title="Calculation of the Type of the Result"><span class="emphasis"><em>result
  46         type calculation rules</em></span></a>: the return is <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">double</span></code>
  47         when <span class="emphasis"><em>x</em></span> is an integer type and T otherwise.
  48       </p>
  49 <p>
  50         The final <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter&#160;15.&#160;Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">Policy</a> argument is optional and can
  51         be used to control the behaviour of the function: how it handles errors,
  52         what level of precision to use etc. Refer to the <a class="link" href="../../policy.html" title="Chapter&#160;15.&#160;Policies: Controlling Precision, Error Handling etc">policy
  53         documentation for more details</a>.
  54       </p>
  55 <p>
  56         Implemented using Halley iteration.
  57       </p>
  58 <p>
  59         The following graph illustrates the behaviour of cbrt:
  60       </p>
  61 <p>
  62         <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../../../graphs/cbrt.svg" align="middle"></span>
  63       </p>
  64 <h5>
  65 <a name="math_toolkit.powers.cbrt.h0"></a>
  66         <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.powers.cbrt.accuracy"></a></span><a class="link" href="cbrt.html#math_toolkit.powers.cbrt.accuracy">Accuracy</a>
  67       </h5>
  68 <p>
  69         For built in floating-point types <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cbrt</span></code>
  70         should have approximately 2 epsilon accuracy.
  71       </p>
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  73 <a name="math_toolkit.powers.cbrt.table_cbrt"></a><p class="title"><b>Table&#160;6.80.&#160;Error rates for cbrt</b></p>
  74 <div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Error rates for cbrt">
  75 <colgroup>
  76 <col>
  77 <col>
  78 <col>
  79 <col>
  80 <col>
  81 </colgroup>
  82 <thead><tr>
  83 <th>
  84               </th>
  85 <th>
  86                 <p>
  87                   Microsoft Visual C++ version 12.0<br> Win32<br> double
  88                 </p>
  89               </th>
  90 <th>
  91                 <p>
  92                   GNU C++ version 5.1.0<br> linux<br> double
  93                 </p>
  94               </th>
  95 <th>
  96                 <p>
  97                   GNU C++ version 5.1.0<br> linux<br> long double
  98                 </p>
  99               </th>
 100 <th>
 101                 <p>
 102                   Sun compiler version 0x5130<br> Sun Solaris<br> long double
 103                 </p>
 104               </th>
 105 </tr></thead>
 106 <tbody><tr>
 107 <td>
 108                 <p>
 109                   cbrt Function
 110                 </p>
 111               </td>
 112 <td>
 113                 <p>
 114                   <span class="blue">Max = 1.7&#949; (Mean = 0.565&#949;)</span><br> <br>
 115                   (<span class="emphasis"><em>&lt;math.h&gt;:</em></span> Max = 1.7&#949; (Mean = 0.565&#949;))
 116                 </p>
 117               </td>
 118 <td>
 119                 <p>
 120                   <span class="blue">Max = 0&#949; (Mean = 0&#949;)</span><br> <br> (<span class="emphasis"><em>Cephes:</em></span>
 121                   Max = 0&#949; (Mean = 0&#949;))
 122                 </p>
 123               </td>
 124 <td>
 125                 <p>
 126                   <span class="blue">Max = 1.34&#949; (Mean = 0.471&#949;)</span><br> <br>
 127                   (<span class="emphasis"><em>&lt;tr1/cmath&gt;:</em></span> Max = 1.34&#949; (Mean = 0.471&#949;))<br>
 128                   (<span class="emphasis"><em>&lt;math.h&gt;:</em></span> Max = 1.34&#949; (Mean = 0.471&#949;))
 129                 </p>
 130               </td>
 131 <td>
 132                 <p>
 133                   <span class="blue">Max = 1.11&#949; (Mean = 0.424&#949;)</span><br> <br>
 134                   (<span class="emphasis"><em>&lt;math.h&gt;:</em></span> Max = 1.11&#949; (Mean = 0.424&#949;))
 135                 </p>
 136               </td>
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 140 <br class="table-break"><h5>
 141 <a name="math_toolkit.powers.cbrt.h1"></a>
 142         <span class="phrase"><a name="math_toolkit.powers.cbrt.testing"></a></span><a class="link" href="cbrt.html#math_toolkit.powers.cbrt.testing">Testing</a>
 143       </h5>
 144 <p>
 145         A mixture of spot test sanity checks, and random high precision test values
 146         calculated using NTL::RR at 1000-bit precision.
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