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[Help-gsl] function gsl_sf_exprel_e


From: Daniel Rohe
Subject: [Help-gsl] function gsl_sf_exprel_e
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:02:34 +0100
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The gsl documentation says the following:

Function:

int gsl_sf_exprel_e (double x, gsl_sf_result * result)
These routines compute the quantity (\exp(x)-1)/x using an algorithm that is 
accurate for small x.
For small x the algorithm is based on the expansion (\exp(x)-1)/x = 1 + x/2 + 
x^2/(2*3) + x^3/(2*3*4) + \dots.


My question is: when I use this function, shall I dustinguish between small and non-small values of x myself, or does the function handle this internally, i.e. does it call the usual exp() function if x is larger than a certain value?

thanks for any help,

daniel







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