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/* sys/expm1.c
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 * 
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 * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007 Gerard Jungman, Brian Gough
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 * 
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 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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 * your option) any later version.
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 * 
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 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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 * General Public License for more details.
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 * 
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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 */
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#include <config.h>
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#include <math.h>
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#include <gsl/gsl_math.h>
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double gsl_expm1 (const double x)
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{
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  /* FIXME: this should be improved */
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  if (fabs(x) < M_LN2)
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    {
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      /* Compute the taylor series S = x + (1/2!) x^2 + (1/3!) x^3 + ... */
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      double i = 1.0;
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      double sum = x;
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      double term = x / 1.0;
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      do
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        {
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          i++ ;
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          term *= x/i;
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          sum += term;
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        }
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      while (fabs(term) > fabs(sum) * GSL_DBL_EPSILON) ;
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      return sum ;
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    }
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  else
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    {
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      return exp(x) - 1;
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    }
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}