fix: Stabilize large beta CDF - #456
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe beta implementation adds double-double arithmetic, large-parameter prefactor calculations, a Temme approximation, symmetric-central handling, explicit convergence errors, and regression tests for large and boundary parameter values. ChangesLarge-parameter beta evaluation
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR adds new large-shape beta-CDF algorithms and stricter convergence reporting, but valid finite large-shape inputs can still produce NaN when the prefactor correction overflows, making results unreliable for those cases. The public error-enum change also requires downstream compatibility handling, so merge should wait for the numerical issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted and the API change documented. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant BetaCDF
participant checked_beta_reg
participant beta_reg_temme
participant large_params
participant double_double
BetaCDF->>checked_beta_reg: evaluate regularized beta
checked_beta_reg->>beta_reg_temme: try eligible Temme approximation
beta_reg_temme->>double_double: compute compensated expansion and tail
double_double-->>beta_reg_temme: return corrected probability
beta_reg_temme-->>checked_beta_reg: return probability or None
checked_beta_reg->>large_params: compute large-parameter prefactor when applicable
large_params->>double_double: compute logarithmic corrections
double_double-->>large_params: return compensated result
large_params-->>checked_beta_reg: return prefactor
checked_beta_reg-->>BetaCDF: return beta CDF or convergence error
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Full details: Linked Issues checkExplanation The changes address issue Full details: Out of Scope Changes checkExplanation The changes remain within the linked issue scope. The added Temme method, prefactor improvements, double-double arithmetic, convergence handling, and tests support large-parameter beta CDF stability. Inverse-beta functionality is not modified. ✨ Finishing Touches🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)
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In `@src/function/beta/double_double.rs`:
- Around line 57-96: Handle non-positive and non-finite inputs with an early
return in accurate_ln, and avoid the value.1 / value.0 correction in
accurate_ln_dd when value.0 is zero. In log_prefactor, reject x values outside
the open interval (0.0, 1.0) before calling log_ratio; apply these changes in
src/function/beta/double_double.rs:57-96 and
src/function/beta/large_params.rs:42-58.
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6-23: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftReject non-finite
log_prefactorresultsFor
a = b = 1e308andx = f64::from_bits(1), both central paths fall through tolog_prefactor.log_ratiooverflows its weighted correction, andmultiplyproduces NaN during its compensation calculation.log_prefactorthen wraps the NaN components inSome, whichchecked_beta_regpasses todouble_double::exp. Add an overflow-aware tail path or reject non-finite results before returningSome. Add a regression for the smallest positivexwith1e308shapes.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/function/beta/large_params.rs`:
- Around line 6-23: Update the log_prefactor/log_ratio path to detect non-finite
weighted corrections and avoid returning Some with NaN or infinite components;
use an overflow-aware tail calculation or reject the result before
checked_beta_reg passes it to double_double::exp. Add a regression covering the
smallest positive x with a and b equal to 1e308, ensuring the result remains
finite or follows the intended rejection behavior.
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In `@src/function/beta.rs`:
- Line 228: The upper-boundary check in the beta computation must only treat
exactly 1.0 as the boundary; replace the tolerance-based ulps_eq! check with x
== 1.0 so next_down(1.0) follows the normal calculation path. Add a regression
test for beta_reg(1.0, 0.01, next_down(1.0)) and verify it returns a value near
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720-735: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winThe relative tolerance degenerates to exact bit equality for the subnormal case.
f64::from_bits(0x1bc)is a subnormal equal to 444 units in the last place. The smallest non-zero relative difference against it is about2.3e-3, which exceeds the1e-8bound. Theb = 1e-320case therefore demands an exact bit match on a value that depends on the platformln_gamma/expimplementation. Compare bits with a small ULP budget instead, as the neighboring tests do.♻️ Proposed test tolerance change
for (b, expected) in [ (1e-300, 2.193839407155793e-301), (1e-320, f64::from_bits(0x1bc)), ] { let actual = beta_reg(a, b, x); - assert!( - ((actual - expected) / expected).abs() <= 1e-8, - "b={b:?}, actual={actual:?}, expected={expected:?}" - ); + let within_relative = ((actual - expected) / expected).abs() <= 1e-8; + let within_ulps = actual.to_bits().abs_diff(expected.to_bits()) <= 4; + assert!( + within_relative || within_ulps, + "b={b:?}, actual={actual:?}, expected={expected:?}" + ); }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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33-34: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdding a public enum variant breaks downstream exhaustive matches.
BetaFuncErroris public and not#[non_exhaustive]. Any externalmatchover all variants stops compiling withConvergenceFailed. Record this in the changelog and release it under a breaking version bump. If you want future variants to be additive, mark the enum#[non_exhaustive]in the same breaking release.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/function/beta.rs`:
- Around line 720-735: Update
test_beta_reg_preserves_extreme_asymmetric_lower_tail so the b = 1e-320
assertion compares the computed and expected f64 values by bits with a small ULP
allowance, rather than using the relative-error check; retain the existing
relative tolerance for the 1e-300 case.
- Around line 33-34: Update the release metadata for the public BetaFuncError
variant addition: document ConvergenceFailed in the changelog and apply a
breaking version bump, preserving the existing enum API unless the project’s
policy requires marking BetaFuncError as #[non_exhaustive] for future additive
variants.
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Think this should work for license concerns. A model would arguably not reproduce boost's work under a complied request to not use it. |
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@YeungOnion fixed like #450 which i suggest :D |
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It looks good! Will merge, but can you explain the similarity to #450 for me? Is it that you include special cases within a branch of another parameter regime or the bit about the previous behavior changing inputs when close to special cases? |
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@YeungOnion manually written, missmatch with PR content i want to say about #447 |
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Summary
Beta(s, s)nearx = 0.5ln_gammavaluesConvergenceFailedinstead of silently returning an unconverged valueRoot cause
The previous implementation had two independent accuracy problems:
The continued fraction was limited to 140 iterations. When it did not converge, the last intermediate value was returned without an error.
The prefactor evaluated
directly. For large parameters, cancellation in this expression lost enough precision to affect the final CDF even after the continued fraction converged.
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Beta(1e8, 1e8).cdf(0.5), these errors produced-1.1473179165955987although symmetry requires exactly0.5.TDD and numerical references
The primary cases are:
I_0.5(1e8, 1e8), whose exact value is0.5I_x(1e8, 2e8)at the exact binary64 valuex = 0x3fd554e32dc84e590x3fc44ed0bc353f04, or0.158655254267152768...Signed ULP errors are measured against exact symmetry or 500-digit multiprecision references. Negative values are below the reference.
-1.1473179165955987+2,922,987,503ULP0ULP-1ULPpbeta0ULP+891ULPbetainc-67,108,857ULP-26,635,476ULPbetainc, 500 dpsDirect
mpmath.betaincdoes not finish reliably for these largest shape parameters. For symmetric central boundary tests, mpmath at 550 digits was instead used with the equivalent gamma/hypergeometric identity and exact binary64 inputs. The large asymmetric expected values were generated with 500-digit multiprecision arithmetic.The regression tests are red on upstream and green with this change.
Accuracy across the algorithm boundaries
4ULP in the tested grida + b = 1e6: at most8ULP2,048ULP, approximately1.7e-13absolute errorBeta(s, s).cdf(0.5)andsf(0.5): exactly0.5for the reported range throughs = 1e8The boundary grid also checks monotonicity across adjacent binary64 inputs.
Implementation provenance
The new large-parameter path is based on:
erfcimplementation for the normal tailNo Boost-derived source or BSL-licensed code is included; the crate remains MIT-only.
Tests
809library tests passed197doctests passedcargo clippy --all-targetspassed with warnings denied12feature combinations passedno_stdchecks passed with the supported feature combinationsRelated issue
Fixes #434 —
Beta::cdfloses accuracy above shapes of ~1e4 and returns values outside [0, 1] by 1e8.Inverse-beta issues remain out of scope for this change.
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Improvements
0.5at their center for cumulative and survival probabilities.Bug Fixes
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