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Name
chorner — evaluate a polynomial represented by an array of double using the compensated Horner scheme of Graillat, Langlois, and Louvet [1], or double complex using the scheme of Graillat and Ménissier-Morain [2].
Synopsis
#include <chorner.h>
extern double crhorner( |
const double * p, |
size_t n, | |
double x) ; |
extern double complex cchorner( |
const double complex * p, |
size_t n, | |
double complex x) ; |
DESCRIPTION
The crhorner
function evalatutes the (real) polynomial
p
, represented as by an n
-array of
doubles at the value x
. The coefficient
of the constant term is at index 0, of the linear term at index 1 and so on (so this is
opposite to the common and strange Matlab representation). Note that the polynomial is of order
n
−1.
The cchorner
function evaluates a complex polynomial.
The compensated Horner scheme takes account of, and corrects for, the cancellation errors which occur in the uncompensated Horner scheme. The result is an accuracy which is the same as if one had used a Horner scheme with 128-bit (quadruple precision) floating point arithmetic and rounded the result down to 64-bit (double precision), but at much lower computational cost.
The algorithm depends crucially on the structure of IEEE 754 floating point arithmentic and
an error will be raised if the macro __STDC_IEC_559
indicating
its presence is not defined at compilation.