Sigmoid functions for the smooth approximation to the absolute value function

We present smooth approximations to the absolute value function |x| using sigmoid functions. In particular, x erf(x/μ) is proved to be a better smooth approximation for |x| than x tanh(x/μ) and x2+μ\sqrt {{x^2} + \mu } with respect to accuracy. To accomplish our goal we also provide sharp hyperbolic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bagul Yogesh J., Chesneau Christophe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-01-01
Series:Moroccan Journal of Pure and Applied Analysis
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/mjpaa-2021-0002