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package org.apache.commons.numbers.gamma;

/**
 * Inverse of the <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Erf.html">error function</a>.
 */
public final class InverseErf {
    /** Private constructor. */
    private InverseErf() {
        // intentionally empty.
    }

    /**
     * Returns the inverse error function.
     *
     * <p>Special cases:
     * <ul>
     * <li>If the argument is 0, then the result is 0.</li>
     * <li>If the argument is 1, then the result is positive infinity.</li>
     * <li>If the argument is -1, then the result is negative infinity.</li>
     * <li>If the argument is outside the interval {@code [-1, 1]}, then the result is nan.</li>
     * <li>If the argument is nan, then the result is nan.</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param x Value (in {@code [-1, 1]})
     * @return t such that {@code x =} {@link Erf#value(double) Erf.value(t)}.
     */
    public static double value(final double x) {
        return BoostErf.erfInv(x);
    }
}
