gsl (version 1.8-14)

Lambert: Lambert's W function

Description

Lambert's W function as per the Gnu Scientific Library reference manual section 7.23. These functions are declared in header file gsl_sf_lambert.h

Usage

lambert_W0(x, give=FALSE, strict=TRUE)
lambert_Wm1(x, give=FALSE,strict=TRUE)

Arguments

x
input: real values
give
Boolean with TRUE meaning to return a list of three items: the value, an estimate of the error, and a status number
strict
Boolean, with TRUE meaning to return NaN if status is an error

References

http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl

Examples

Run this code
a <- runif(6)
L <- lambert_W0(a)
print(L*exp(L) - a)

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