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Copyright Nick Thompson, John Maddock, 2020
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
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[section:agm Arithmetic-Geometric Mean]
[h4 Synopsis]
#include <boost/math/tools/agm.hpp>
namespace boost::math::tools {
template<typename Real>
Real agm(Real a0, Real g0);
} // namespaces
The function `agm` produces the limiting value of the sequence
[$../equations/agm_sequence.svg]
A basic usage is
double G = boost::math::tools::agm(sqrt(2.0), 1.0);
The AGM inequality
[$../equations/agm_sequence.svg]
shows that
[$../equations/agm_bound.svg]
We use this condition internally to measure convergence; however, there is no need to worry about putting arguments in the correct order since we extend `agm` to a symmetric function by definition.
Both arguments must be non-negative, as the sequence becomes complex for negative arguments.
(We have not implemented the complex-valued AGM sequence.)
The function `agm` is "essentially" one-dimensional, as the scale invariance `agm(k*x, k*y) == k*agm(x,y)` always allows us to take one argument to be unity.
The following ULP plot has been generated with the function `agm(x, Real(1))`:
[$../graphs/agm_ulps_plot.svg]
The graph above shows an ulps plot of the Boost implementation of `agm(x, Real(1))`.
An ~2 ULP bound is to be expected.
A google benchmark for various types is available in `boost/libs/math/reporting/performance/test_agm.cpp`; some results on a consumer laptop are provided for convenience:
```
Run on (16 X 2300 MHz CPU s)
CPU Caches:
L1 Data 32K (x8)
L1 Instruction 32K (x8)
L2 Unified 262K (x8)
L3 Unified 16777K (x1)
Load Average: 2.02, 2.14, 2.00
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Benchmark Time CPU Iterations
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGM<float> 8.52 ns 8.51 ns 59654685
AGM<double> 13.5 ns 13.5 ns 51709746
AGM<long double> 30.6 ns 30.6 ns 18745247
AGM<boost::multiprecision::float128> 2332 ns 2332 ns 299303
```
If any inputs are NaNs, the result is a NaN.
If any inputs are +∞, the result is +∞, unless the other argument fails NaN or negative validation.
[heading References]
* Steven R. Finch. ['Mathematical Constants] Cambridge, 2003.
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