Using MAPLE V, Release 11, a creep curve has been formulated, which represents the mechanical behavior of metals, polymers, and ceramics, for instance.
Being neither from Physics nor from Engineering I looked at his
second sheet: a nice idea for an initial approximation of the
inverse error function trying erf(x) ~ tanh(a*x), optimize for a
in the range of interest (through the L2 norm, then differentiate
w.r.t. a and solve numerical), then simply use arctanh to invert.
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and also a 2nd sheet
Being neither from Physics nor from Engineering I looked at his
second sheet: a nice idea for an initial approximation of the
inverse error function trying erf(x) ~ tanh(a*x), optimize for a
in the range of interest (through the L2 norm, then differentiate
w.r.t. a and solve numerical), then simply use arctanh to invert.