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# scipy.special.dawsn

`scipy.special.``dawsn`(x) = <ufunc 'dawsn'>

  Dawson’s integral.

  Computes:

      exp(-x**2) * integral(exp(t**2), t=0..x).

  See also

  `wofz`, `erf`, `erfc`, `erfcx`, `erfi`

  References

  [R368] | Steven G. Johnson, Faddeeva W function implementation. http://ab-initio.mit.edu/Faddeeva

  Examples

      >>> from scipy import special
      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> x = np.linspace(-15, 15, num=1000)
      >>> plt.plot(x, special.dawsn(x))
      >>> plt.xlabel('$x$')
      >>> plt.ylabel('$dawsn(x)$')
      >>> plt.show()

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