Cut 12.0: test erf and erfinv behaviour

Covers the pinned accuracy bar against tabulated erf values (0, +-0.5,
+-1, +-2, +-3, within 2e-6), odd symmetry, the +-1 limits, erfinv's
round trip through erf over y in [-0.999, 0.999], and erfinv monotonicity.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -367,4 +367,68 @@ public sealed class MathTests
Assert.Equal(0.0f, px[1], precision: 5);
Assert.Equal(0.0f, py[1], precision: 5);
}
// Tabulated to 16 significant figures (Abramowitz & Stegun table 7.1 lineage / standard erf tables).
[Theory]
[InlineData(0.0f, 0.0)]
[InlineData(0.5f, 0.5204998778130465)]
[InlineData(-0.5f, -0.5204998778130465)]
[InlineData(1.0f, 0.8427007929497149)]
[InlineData(-1.0f, -0.8427007929497149)]
[InlineData(2.0f, 0.9953222650189527)]
[InlineData(-2.0f, -0.9953222650189527)]
[InlineData(3.0f, 0.9999779095030014)]
[InlineData(-3.0f, -0.9999779095030014)]
public void ErfMatchesReferenceValues(float x, double expected)
{
Assert.True(
Math.Abs(math.erf(x) - expected) <= 2e-6,
$"erf({x}) = {math.erf(x)}, expected {expected}");
}
[Fact]
public void ErfIsOdd()
{
for (var i = -30; i <= 30; i++)
{
var x = i / 10.0f;
Assert.Equal(-math.erf(x), math.erf(-x));
}
}
[Fact]
public void ErfApproachesItsLimitsOfPlusMinusOne()
{
Assert.Equal(1.0f, math.erf(6.0f));
Assert.Equal(1.0f, math.erf(20.0f));
Assert.Equal(-1.0f, math.erf(-6.0f));
Assert.Equal(-1.0f, math.erf(-20.0f));
}
[Fact]
public void ErfinvInvertsErf()
{
for (var i = -999; i <= 999; i++)
{
var y = i / 1000.0f;
var x = math.erfinv(y);
var roundTrip = math.erf(x);
Assert.True(
MathF.Abs(roundTrip - y) < 1e-5f,
$"erf(erfinv({y})) = {roundTrip}");
}
}
[Fact]
public void ErfinvIsMonotonicallyIncreasing()
{
var previous = float.NegativeInfinity;
for (var i = -999; i <= 999; i++)
{
var y = i / 1000.0f;
var x = math.erfinv(y);
Assert.True(x > previous, $"erfinv({y}) = {x} did not exceed previous value {previous}");
previous = x;
}
}
}