Function inv_norm_cdf
pub fn inv_norm_cdf<R: Scalar>(p: R) -> RExpand description
The inverse standard-normal CDF: Acklam’s approximation at the passive
value, then the inverse’s Taylor series about it written in the mode, to
third order in u = (p − Φ(x₀))/φ(x₀):
Φ⁻¹(p) = x₀ + u + (x₀/2)·u² + ((2x₀² + 1)/6)·u³ + O(u⁴)The first term is the Newton polish, which makes dx/dp = 1/φ(x) exact
and the value the reference’s; the higher terms add nothing to the value
(u is at rounding level) but carry the curvature, so d²x/dp² = x/φ²
and d³x/dp³ = (2x² + 1)/φ³ are exact too. A Newton step alone is linear
in p: its second derivative was zero, and every second-order sensitivity
through a default threshold was missing the threshold’s curvature.