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Support erfcx

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#1,987 opened on Jan 12, 2020

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Description

Jax is missing support for scipy.special.erfcx (https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.special.erfcx.html). Please add this function.

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Research direction
Examine the scipy implementation of erfcx and adapt it to JAX's XLA compatible operations. Consider numerical stability and gradient computation.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
PythonJAXNumerical methods
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40