freebsd-src/lib/msun
Steve Kargl 41e016289f Improve accuracy of asinf(3) and acosf(3)
This uses a better rational approximation to improve the accuracy of
both functions. For exhaustive testing of asinf(3) in the interval, the
current libm gives:

    % ./tlibm asin -fPED -x 0x1p-12f -X 1
    Interval tested for asinf: [0.000244141,1]
           ulp <= 0.5:  97.916% 98564994 |  97.916% 98564994
    0.5 <  ulp <  0.6:  2.038% 2051023 |  99.953% 100616017
    0.6 <  ulp <  0.7:  0.047%   47254 | 100.000% 100663271
    0.7 <  ulp <  0.8:  0.000%      25 | 100.000% 100663296
    Max ulp: 0.729891 at 5.00732839e-01

which isn't too bad given that much of the computation is actually done
in double floating point.

With the new rational approximation, exhaustive testing yields:

    % ./tlibm asin -fPED -x 0x1p-12f -X 1
    Interval tested for asinf: [0.000244141,1]
           ulp <= 0.5:  99.711% 100372643 |  99.711% 100372643
    0.5 <  ulp <  0.6:  0.288%  290357 | 100.000% 100663000
    0.6 <  ulp <  0.7:  0.000%     296 | 100.000% 100663296
    Max ulp: 0.636344 at 5.09706438e-01

Similarly, for exhaustive testing of asinf(3) in the interval, the
current libm gives:

    % ./tlibm acos -fPED -x -1 -X -0x1p-12f
    Interval tested for acosf: [-1,-0.000244141]
           ulp <= 0.5:  97.008% 97651921 |  97.008% 97651921
    0.5 <  ulp <  0.6:   2.441%  2457242 |  99.450% 100109163
    0.6 <  ulp <  0.7:   0.472%   475503 |  99.922% 100584666
    0.7 <  ulp <  0.8:   0.071%    71309 |  99.993% 100655975
    0.8 <  ulp <  0.9:   0.007%     7319 | 100.000% 100663294
    0.9 <  ulp <  1.0:   0.000%        2 | 100.000% 100663296
    Max ulp: 0.914007 at -5.01484931e-01

    % ./tlibm acos -fPED -x 0x1p-12f -X 1
    Interval tested for acosf: [0.000244141,1]
           ulp <= 0.5:  97.317% 97962530 |  97.317% 97962530
    0.5 <  ulp <  0.6:   2.340%  2355182 |  99.657% 100317712
    0.6 <  ulp <  0.7:   0.314%   316134 |  99.971% 100633846
    0.7 <  ulp <  0.8:   0.029%    29450 | 100.000% 100663296
    Max ulp: 0.796035 at 4.99814630e-01

With the new rational approximation, exhaustive testing yields:

    % ./tlibm acos -fPED -x -1 -X -0x1p-12f
    Interval tested for acosf: [-1,-0.000244141]
           ulp <= 0.5:  97.010% 97653245 |  97.010% 97653245
    0.5 <  ulp <  0.6:   2.442%  2458373 |  99.452% 100111618
    0.6 <  ulp <  0.7:   0.473%   476012 |  99.925% 100587630
    0.7 <  ulp <  0.8:   0.068%    68603 |  99.993% 100656233
    0.8 <  ulp <  0.9:   0.007%     7063 | 100.000% 100663296
    Max ulp: 0.896189 at -5.04511118e-01

    % ./tlibm acos -fPED -x 0x1p-12f -X 1
    Interval tested for acosf: [0.000244141,1]
           ulp <= 0.5:  97.650% 98298175 |  97.650% 98298175
    0.5 <  ulp <  0.6:   2.028%  2041709 |  99.679% 100339884
    0.6 <  ulp <  0.7:   0.292%   293555 |  99.970% 100633439
    0.7 <  ulp <  0.8:   0.030%    29857 | 100.000% 100663296
    Max ulp: 0.775875 at 4.91849005e-01

PR:		281001
MFC after:	1 week
2024-08-29 21:44:48 +02:00
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aarch64 Remove residual blank line at start of Makefile 2024-07-15 16:43:39 -06:00
amd64 Remove residual blank line at start of Makefile 2024-07-15 16:43:39 -06:00
arm Remove residual blank line at start of Makefile 2024-07-15 16:43:39 -06:00
bsdsrc lib/msun: Cleanup after $FreeBSD$ removal 2024-01-28 17:00:23 +02:00
i387 Remove residual blank line at start of Makefile 2024-07-15 16:43:39 -06:00
ld80 msun/ld80/e_powl.c: make powl() thread-safe by making static variables thread-local 2024-08-07 11:46:48 +03:00
ld128 libmsun: remove duplicates after cdefs.h added inline to __always_inline 2024-06-25 10:40:14 -07:00
man erf.3: Add a STANDARDS section 2024-06-23 12:50:47 +02:00
powerpc Remove residual blank line at start of Makefile 2024-07-15 16:43:39 -06:00
riscv Remove residual blank line at start of Makefile 2024-07-15 16:43:39 -06:00
src Improve accuracy of asinf(3) and acosf(3) 2024-08-29 21:44:48 +02:00
tests Remove residual blank line at start of Makefile 2024-07-15 16:43:39 -06:00
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Makefile lib/msun: Fix tgammal(3) on IEEE 128-bit platforms 2024-03-18 09:48:43 +00:00
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