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# scipy.special.erfc

`scipy.special.``erfc`(x) = <ufunc 'erfc'>

  Complementary error function, `1 - erf(x)`.

  See also

  `erf`, `erfi`, `erfcx`, `dawsn`, `wofz`

  References

  [R411] | Steven G. Johnson, Faddeeva W function implementation. http://ab-initio.mit.edu/Faddeeva

  Examples

      >>> from scipy import special
      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> x = np.linspace(-3, 3)
      >>> plt.plot(x, special.erfc(x))
      >>> plt.xlabel('$x$')
      >>> plt.ylabel('$erfc(x)$')
      >>> plt.show()

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