expm1

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

expm1 — Returns exp(number) - 1, computed in a way that is accurate even when the value of number is close to zero

Опис

float expm1 ( float $arg )

expm1() returns the equivalent to 'exp(arg) - 1' computed in a way that is accurate even if the value of arg is near zero, a case where 'exp (arg) - 1' would be inaccurate due to subtraction of two numbers that are nearly equal.

Параметри

arg: The argument to process

Значення, що повертаються

'e' to the power of arg minus one

Журнал Змін

Версія	Опис
5.3.0	This function is now available on all platforms

Прогляньте Також

log1p() - Returns log(1 + number), computed in a way that is accurate even when the value of number is close to zero
exp() - Calculates the exponent of e

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User Contributed Notes 2 notes

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hagen at von-eitzen dot de ¶

21 years ago


Compare this to log1p (which is its inverse).



Also, You may have to use a similar workaraound in case the underlying C library

does not support expm1:



<?php

function expm1($x) {

     return ($x>-1.0e-6 && $x<1.0e-6) ? ($x + $x*$x/2) : (exp($x)-1);

}

?>

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brettz9 AAT yah ¶

15 years ago


Note that exp(x)-1 can be approximated by x + x^2/2! + ... + x^n/n!  and for any value

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