lambertw: Lambert W Function

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References

View source: R/condmixt.R

Description

The Lambert W function, given an input z, outputs w such that z = w exp(w). A numerical algorithm of order 4 is used to find the zero of z - w exp(w).

Usage

1

Arguments

z

the argument of the Lambert W function

Value

Returns the value of the Lambert W function.

Author(s)

Julie Carreau

References

Corless, R. M., Gonnet, G. H., Hare, D. E. G., Jeffrey, D. J. and Knuth, D. E. (1996), On the Lambert W Function, 5, Advances in Computational Mathematics


condmixt documentation built on July 1, 2020, 6:04 p.m.