Converting the Error Function to the Cumulative Normal Distribution

Axel Vogt's picture

Maple is missing the 'standard' notation for the cumulative normal distribution and uses the error function instead (for historical reasons I guess).

However that would be quite convenient to read and formulae in a common notation.

The following code allows to convert notations from erf to the usual one, either cdfN or N (usage may depend a bit on whether one already defined a function N). The technique (and the kind of coding) is discussed at Maple Primes in September 2007, I just applied it for me needs, the link is www.mapleprimes.com/blog/doug-meade/trigonometric-conversions-sincos-and-sectan (Sept 2007).

It does not work perfectly (i.e: does not show up in desired final form), but it satisfies my needs (if I am not in ungracious mood).

Here is the Maple sheet for download: www.mapleprimes.com/files/102_convert_cdfN.mws

 

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