hisim2, bug fix, a numerical problem in the hisim2 and hisimhv models
First seen when compiled with gcc-4.6.2 -g -O1
The macro `Fn_SZ' which boils down to
1/2 * (x + sqrt(x*x + c*c))
was used in a context where a negative result
blew up the following computations.
(used to compute `Egidl', which is used to
compute exp(-1 / (Egidl + small_constant)))
For large negative values of x the computation
boils down to
1/2 ( x + almost(|x|) )
where the summands almost cancel each other,
sometimes yielding a small negative result.
small_constant was too small to avoid a big
result for -1/(Egidl + small_constant)
yielding an `inf' during the exp() computation,
which was later multiplied with a `0'
yielding a NaN,
which was carried forward
during the rest of computations.
Because the error of the cancellation scales
with the magnitude of x, no larger `small_constant'
could have avoided the problem.
Presumably the problem was amplified
by a mixture of precisions (double versus extended float)
of intermediate values.
(the program wasn't compiled for sse)
( x was -2.812500e+06,
c was 1.000000e-02,
Fn_SZ result was -1.853095e-11
thus the cancellation remainder
was of relative size
6.6e-18
which is approximately
2^-57
and thus more accurate
as a `double float' could have delivered
)
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@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ double TMF1 , TMF2 , TMF3 , TMF4 ;
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TMF2 = sqrt ( ( x ) * ( x ) + 4.0 * ( delta ) * ( delta) ) ; \
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dx = 0.5 * ( 1.0 + ( x ) / TMF2 ) ; \
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y = 0.5 * ( ( x ) + TMF2 ) ; \
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if (y < 0) \
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y = 0 ; \
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}
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#if 0
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/*---------------------------------------------------*
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#define Fn_SZtemp( y , x , delta ) { \
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T1 = sqrt ( ( x ) * ( x ) + 4.0 * ( delta ) * ( delta) ) ; \
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y = 0.5 * ( ( x ) + T1 ) ; \
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if (y < 0) \
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y = 0 ; \
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}
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#define Fn_SUtemp( y , x , xmax , delta ) { \
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