PROLOG¶

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NAME¶

expm1, expm1f, expm1l — compute exponential functions

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <math.h>

double expm1(double x);
float expm1f(float x);
long double expm1l(long double x);

DESCRIPTION¶

The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

These functions shall compute ex-1.0.

An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno to zero and call feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions. On return, if errno is non-zero or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an error has occurred.

RETURN VALUE¶

Upon successful completion, these functions return ex-1.0.

If the correct value would cause overflow, a range error shall occur and expm1(), expm1f(), and expm1l() shall return the value of the macro HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, and HUGE_VALL, respectively.

If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.

If x is ±0, ±0 shall be returned.

If x is -Inf, -1 shall be returned.

If x is +Inf, x shall be returned.

If x is subnormal, a range error may occur
and x should be returned.

If x is not returned, expm1(), expm1f(), and expm1l() shall return an implementation-defined value no greater in magnitude than DBL_MIN, FLT_MIN, and LDBL_MIN, respectively.

ERRORS¶

These functions shall fail if:

Range Error

The result overflows.

These functions may fail if:

Range Error

The value of x is subnormal.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES¶

None.

APPLICATION USAGE¶

The value of expm1(x) may be more accurate than exp(x)-1.0 for small values of x.

The expm1() and log1p() functions are useful for financial calculations of ((1+x)n-1)/x, namely:

expm1(n * log1p(x))/x

when x is very small (for example, when calculating small daily interest rates). These functions also simplify writing accurate inverse hyperbolic functions.

On error, the expressions (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) and (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.

RATIONALE¶

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS¶

None.

SEE ALSO¶

exp(), feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), ilogb(), log1p()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 4.20, Treatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>

COPYRIGHT¶

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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