/* Lambert W function, -1 branch. K M Briggs 2001 Apr 09 Keith dot Briggs at bt dot com Returned value W(z) satisfies W(z)*exp(W(z))=z Valid input range: -1/e <= z < 0 Output range: -1 >= W(z) > -infinity See LambertW.c for principal branch. Together these form the only purely real branches. Test: gcc -DTESTW LambertW1.c -o LambertW1 -lm && LambertW1 Library: gcc -O3 -c LambertW1.c */ #include #include double LambertW1(const double z); double LambertW1(const double z) { int i; const double eps=4.0e-16, em1=0.3678794411714423215955237701614608; double p,e,t,w,l1,l2; if (z<-em1 || z>=0.0 || isinf(z) || isnan(z)) { fprintf(stderr,"LambertW1: bad argument %g, exiting.\n",z); exit(1); } /* initial approx for iteration... */ if (z<-1e-6) { /* series about -1/e */ p=-sqrt(2.0*(2.7182818284590452353602874713526625*z+1.0)); w=-1.0+p*(1.0+p*(-0.333333333333333333333+p*0.152777777777777777777777)); } else { /* asymptotic near zero */ l1=log(-z); l2=log(-l1); w=l1-l2+l2/l1; } if (fabs(p)<1e-4) return w; for (i=0; i<10; i++) { /* Halley iteration */ e=exp(w); t=w*e-z; p=w+1.0; t/=e*p-0.5*(p+1.0)*t/p; w-=t; if (fabs(t)=0.0) break; w=LambertW1(z); err=exp(w)-z/w; printf("W(%8.4f)=%22.16f, check: exp(W(z))-z/W(z)=%e\n",z,w,err); } z=-1.0e-2; for (i=0; i<10; i++) { z/=10.0; w=LambertW1(z); err=exp(w)-z/w; printf("W(%8.4g)=%22.16f, check: exp(W(z))-z/W(z)=%e\n",z,w,err); } return 0; } #endif