Numeric.cpp

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//  ************************************************************************************************
//
//  BornAgain: simulate and fit reflection and scattering
//
//! @file      Base/Math/Numeric.cpp
//! @brief     Implements "almost equal" in namespace Numeric.
//!
//! @homepage  http://www.bornagainproject.org
//! @license   GNU General Public License v3 or higher (see COPYING)
//! @copyright Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 2018
//! @authors   Scientific Computing Group at MLZ (see CITATION, AUTHORS)
//
//  ************************************************************************************************
 
#include "Base/Math/Numeric.h"
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <limits>
 
namespace Numeric {
 
//! Returns the absolute value of the difference between a and b.
double GetAbsoluteDifference(double a, double b)
{
    return std::abs(a - b);
}
 
//! Returns the safe relative difference, which is 2(|a-b|)/(|a|+|b|) except in special cases.
double GetRelativeDifference(double a, double b)
{
    constexpr double eps = std::numeric_limits<double>::epsilon();
    const double avg_abs = (std::abs(a) + std::abs(b)) / 2.0;
    // return 0.0 if relative error smaller than epsilon
    if (std::abs(a - b) <= eps * avg_abs)
        return 0.0;
    return std::abs(a - b) / avg_abs;
}
 
//! Returns the difference of the logarithm; input values are truncated at the minimum positive
//! value
double GetLogDifference(double a, double b)
{
    double a_t = std::max(a, std::numeric_limits<double>::min());
    double b_t = std::max(b, std::numeric_limits<double>::min());
    return std::abs(std::log(a_t) - std::log(b_t));
}
 
} // namespace Numeric