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title: "ClikaRT::nn::GELU"
sidebar_label: "GELU"
description: "Gaussian error linear unit: input * Phi(input), the exact erf form by default or the tanh approximation."
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**Header:** `ClikaRT/nn/generated/activation.h`  
**Inherits:** [`ClikaRT::nn::Module`](./Module.md)

Gaussian error linear unit: input \* Phi(input), the exact erf form by default or the tanh approximation. The module form of [`ClikaRT::ops::gelu`](../ops/gelu.md#gelu), which documents the full contract (shapes, dtypes, errors); construct once, then call it like a function.

## Member functions

### GELU() {#GELU}

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`explicit` **`GELU`**([`GELUOptions`](./GELUOptions.md) `options` `=` `{}`)

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Constructs the module from [`options`](./GELU.md#options) (every default when omitted).

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Declared in `ClikaRT/nn/generated/activation.h`, line 431

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### forward() {#forward}

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[`Tensor`](../Tensor.md) **`forward`**([`Tensor`](../Tensor.md) `input`) `const`

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[`forward_impl`](./GELU.md#forward), unwrapped: raises [`ClikaRT::Error`](../Error.md) on failure.

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Declared in `ClikaRT/nn/generated/activation.h`, line 442

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### operator()() {#operator-call}

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[`Tensor`](../Tensor.md) **`operator()`**([`Tensor`](../Tensor.md) `input`) `const`

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Same as [`forward`](./GELU.md#forward).

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Declared in `ClikaRT/nn/generated/activation.h`, line 446

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### options() {#options}

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`const` [`GELUOptions`](./GELUOptions.md)`&` **`options`**() `const`

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The settings this module was constructed with.

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Declared in `ClikaRT/nn/generated/activation.h`, line 450

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