/* sys/expm1.c
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Gerard Jungman, Brian Gough
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
 * your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 * 
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 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */

#include <u.h>
#include <libc.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "../config.h"
#include "../sys/gsl_sys.h"
#include "../gsl_machine.h"
#include "../gsl_math.h"

double gsl_expm1 (const double x)
{
  /* FIXME: this should be improved */

  if (fabs(x) < M_LN2)
    {
      /* Compute the taylor series S = x + (1/2!) x^2 + (1/3!) x^3 + ... */

      double i = 1.0;
      double sum = x;
      double term = x / 1.0;

      do
        {
          i++ ;
          term *= x/i;
          sum += term;
        }
      while (fabs(term) > fabs(sum) * GSL_DBL_EPSILON) ;
      
      return sum ;
    }
  else
    {
      return exp(x) - 1;
    }
}
