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