[Numpy-discussion] Strange error raised by scipy.special.erf

[Nadav Horesh]

I filed a ticket (#1590).

 Thank you for the verification.

   Nadav.
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From: numpy-discussion-bounces at scipy.org [numpy-discussion-bounces at scipy.org] On Behalf Of Pierre Haessig [pierre.haessig at crans.org]
Sent: 24 January 2012 16:01
To: numpy-discussion at scipy.org
Subject: Re: [Numpy-discussion] Strange error raised by scipy.special.erf

Le 22/01/2012 11:28, Nadav Horesh a écrit :
> >>> special.erf(26.5)
> 1.0
> >>> special.erf(26.6)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#7>", line 1, in <module>
>     special.erf(26.6)
> FloatingPointError: underflow encountered in erf
> >>> special.erf(26.7)
> 1.0
>
I can confirm this same behaviour with numpy 1.5.1/scipy 0.9.0
Indeed 26.5 and 26.7 works, while 26.6 raises the underflow... weird
enough !
--
Pierre
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