GNU Scientific Library – Reference Manual: Complete Fermi-Dirac Integrals

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#### 7.18.1 Complete Fermi-Dirac Integrals

The complete Fermi-Dirac integral F_j(x) is given by,

    F_j(x)   := (1/\Gamma(j+1)) \int_0^\infty dt (t^j / (\exp(t-x) + 1))

Note that the Fermi-Dirac integral is sometimes defined without the normalisation factor in other texts.

Function: double gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_m1 (double x)
Function: int gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_m1_e (double x, gsl_sf_result * result)

  These routines compute the complete Fermi-Dirac integral with an index of -1. This integral is given by F_{-1}(x) = e^x / (1 + e^x).

Function: double gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_0 (double x)
Function: int gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_0_e (double x, gsl_sf_result * result)

  These routines compute the complete Fermi-Dirac integral with an index of 0. This integral is given by F_0(x) = \ln(1 + e^x).

Function: double gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_1 (double x)
Function: int gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_1_e (double x, gsl_sf_result * result)

  These routines compute the complete Fermi-Dirac integral with an index of 1, F_1(x) = \int_0^\infty dt (t /(\exp(t-x)+1)).

Function: double gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_2 (double x)
Function: int gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_2_e (double x, gsl_sf_result * result)

  These routines compute the complete Fermi-Dirac integral with an index of 2, F_2(x) = (1/2) \int_0^\infty dt (t^2 /(\exp(t-x)+1)).

Function: double gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_int (int j, double x)
Function: int gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_int_e (int j, double x, gsl_sf_result * result)

  These routines compute the complete Fermi-Dirac integral with an integer index of j, F_j(x) = (1/\Gamma(j+1)) \int_0^\infty dt (t^j /(\exp(t-x)+1)).

Function: double gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_mhalf (double x)
Function: int gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_mhalf_e (double x, gsl_sf_result * result)

  These routines compute the complete Fermi-Dirac integral F_{-1/2}(x).

Function: double gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_half (double x)
Function: int gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_half_e (double x, gsl_sf_result * result)

  These routines compute the complete Fermi-Dirac integral F_{1/2}(x).

Function: double gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_3half (double x)
Function: int gsl_sf_fermi_dirac_3half_e (double x, gsl_sf_result * result)

  These routines compute the complete Fermi-Dirac integral F_{3/2}(x).

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