bool approx_equal(const valarray<complex<double> > &x1,
const valarray<complex<double> > &x2)
{
const double rtol2 = 1e-8;
bool ap_eq(true);
for (unsigned int loop=0; loop<x1.size(); loop++)
ap_eq = ap_eq &&
(norm(x1[loop]-x2[loop])
< rtol2*norm(x1[loop]+x2[loop]));
return(ap_eq);
}