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Erf






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Traditional Notation









Gamma, Beta, Erf > Erf[z] > Continued fraction representations > Involving the function





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Input Form





Erf[z] == (((2 z)/Sqrt[Pi]) (1/(1 - 2 z^2 + (4 z^2)/(3 - 2 z^2 + (8 z^2)/(5 - 2 z^2 = (12 z^2)/(7 - 2 z^2 + (16 z^2)/(9 - 2 z^2 + (20 z^2)/ (11 - 2 z^2 + (24 z^2)/(13 - 2 z^2 + \[Ellipsis])))))))))/E^z^2










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





Cell[BoxData[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["HoldPattern", "[", RowBox[List["Erf", "[", "z_", "]"]], "]"]], "\[RuleDelayed]", FractionBox[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["(", RowBox[List["2", " ", "z"]], ")"]], " ", SuperscriptBox["\[ExponentialE]", RowBox[List["-", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]]]]], RowBox[List[SqrtBox["\[Pi]"], " ", RowBox[List["(", RowBox[List["1", "-", RowBox[List["2", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], "+", FractionBox[RowBox[List["4", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], RowBox[List["3", "-", RowBox[List["2", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], "+", FractionBox[RowBox[List["8", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], RowBox[List[RowBox[List["5", "-", RowBox[List["2", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]]]], "=", FractionBox[RowBox[List["12", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], RowBox[List["7", "-", RowBox[List["2", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], "+", FractionBox[RowBox[List["16", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], RowBox[List["9", "-", RowBox[List["2", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], "+", FractionBox[RowBox[List["20", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], RowBox[List["11", "-", RowBox[List["2", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], "+", FractionBox[RowBox[List["24", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], RowBox[List["13", "-", RowBox[List["2", " ", SuperscriptBox["z", "2"]]], "+", "\[Ellipsis]"]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]], ")"]]]]]]]]]










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