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expint_double_primal_n

Function expint_double_primal_n 

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pub fn expint_double_primal_n<P: Policy, E, V, const N: usize>(x: V) -> (V, V)
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$E_N(x)$ together with the adjacent lower order $E_{N-1}(x)$, which is $-E_N'(x)$ by differentiation under the integral sign.

The lower order comes from whichever direction is stable in the regime the value itself was computed in: below ExpIntConsts::RECURRENCE_THRESHOLD the forward recurrence is running anyway, so E_{N-1} is just its previous iterate. Above it, where the asymptotic series takes over, the recurrence is inverted instead – $E_{N-1}(x) = (e^{-x} - (N-1) E_N(x)) / x$. Inverting is the stable direction (it damps by 1/x where the forward one amplifies by x) and its only weakness, the cancellation as x -> 0, is unreachable here because that branch only runs for very large x.

Last built: 2026-09-08 21:35:55 UTC