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- */
-/* exp(x)
- * Returns the exponential of x.
- *
- * Method
- * 1. Argument reduction:
- * Reduce x to an r so that |r| <= 0.5*ln2 ~ 0.34658.
- * Given x, find r and integer k such that
- *
- * x = k*ln2 + r, |r| <= 0.5*ln2.
- *
- * Here r will be represented as r = hi-lo for better
- * accuracy.
- *
- * 2. Approximation of exp(r) by a special rational function on
- * the interval [0,0.34658]:
- * Write
- * R(r**2) = r*(exp(r)+1)/(exp(r)-1) = 2 + r*r/6 - r**4/360 + ...
- * We use a special Remes algorithm on [0,0.34658] to generate
- * a polynomial of degree 5 to approximate R. The maximum error
- * of this polynomial approximation is bounded by 2**-59. In
- * other words,
- * R(z) ~ 2.0 + P1*z + P2*z**2 + P3*z**3 + P4*z**4 + P5*z**5
- * (where z=r*r, and the values of P1 to P5 are listed below)
- * and
- * | 5 | -59
- * | 2.0+P1*z+...+P5*z - R(z) | <= 2
- * | |
- * The computation of exp(r) thus becomes
- * 2*r
- * exp(r) = 1 + -------
- * R - r
- * r*R1(r)
- * = 1 + r + ----------- (for better accuracy)
- * 2 - R1(r)
- * where
- * 2 4 10
- * R1(r) = r - (P1*r + P2*r + ... + P5*r ).
- *
- * 3. Scale back to obtain exp(x):
- * From step 1, we have
- * exp(x) = 2^k * exp(r)
- *
- * Special cases:
- * exp(INF) is INF, exp(NaN) is NaN;
- * exp(-INF) is 0, and
- * for finite argument, only exp(0)=1 is exact.
- *
- * Accuracy:
- * according to an error analysis, the error is always less than
- * 1 ulp (unit in the last place).
- *
- * Misc. info.
- * For IEEE double
- * if x > 7.09782712893383973096e+02 then exp(x) overflow
- * if x < -7.45133219101941108420e+02 then exp(x) underflow
- *
- * Constants:
- * The hexadecimal values are the intended ones for the following
- * constants. The decimal values may be used, provided that the
- * compiler will convert from decimal to binary accurately enough
- * to produce the hexadecimal values shown.