Zulip Chat Archive

Stream: Is there code for X?

Topic: Lambert W function & sinc integral


Snir Broshi (Aug 20 2025 at 16:13):

Are the Lambert W function or the integral of sinc defined/used in Mathlib?

I think they are reasonably well known functions that probably belong in Mathlib/Analysis/SpecialFunctions/.

If they don't exist yet, is there interest in proving properties about them, such as the ones listed in the Wikipedia links above? e.g. Taylor series, bounds, special values

Kenny Lau (Aug 20 2025 at 16:16):

I'd be interested (but I don't do analysis)

Aaron Liu (Aug 20 2025 at 16:17):

The W function has lots of branches, which one should be picked?

Snir Broshi (Aug 20 2025 at 16:19):

The branches are in correspondence with integers, so I think all of them.
They're usually denoted $W_k(z)$, so we can do Complex.LambertW k z


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