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1EXPM1(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  EXPM1(3)
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NAME

6       expm1, expm1f, expm1l - exponential minus 1
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <math.h>
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11       double expm1(double x);
12       float expm1f(float x);
13       long double expm1l(long double x);
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17   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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19       expm1(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 ||
20       _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99
21       expm1f(), expm1l(): _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
22       || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or cc -std=c99
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DESCRIPTION

25       expm1(x) returns a value equivalent to
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29       It is computed in a way that is accurate even if the value of x is near
30       zero—a case where exp(x) - 1 would be inaccurate due to subtraction  of
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RETURN VALUE

34       On success, these functions return exp(x) - 1.
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44       If the result overflows, a range error occurs, and the functions return
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ERRORS

48       See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an  error
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CONFORMING TO

59       C99, POSIX.1-2001.
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BUGS

62       For  some large negative x values (where the function result approaches
63       -1), expm1() raises a bogus underflow floating-point exception.
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66       ing-point exception in addition to the expected overflow exception, and
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COLOPHON

73       This page is part of release 3.25 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
74       description  of  the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
75       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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