//! Exp approximation for a single-precision float. //! //! Method described at: use super::{EXPONENT_BIAS, F32}; use core::f32::consts; impl F32 { /// Returns `e^(self)`, (the exponential function). #[inline] pub fn exp(self) -> Self { self.exp_ln2_approx(4) } /// Exp approximation for `f32`. pub(crate) fn exp_ln2_approx(self, partial_iter: u32) -> Self { if self == Self::ZERO { return Self::ONE; } if (self - Self::ONE).abs() < f32::EPSILON { return consts::E.into(); } if (self - (-Self::ONE)).abs() < f32::EPSILON { return Self::ONE / consts::E; } // log base 2(E) == 1/ln(2) // x_fract + x_whole = x/ln2_recip // ln2*(x_fract + x_whole) = x let x_ln2recip = self * consts::LOG2_E; let x_fract = x_ln2recip.fract(); let x_trunc = x_ln2recip.trunc(); //guaranteed to be 0 < x < 1.0 let x_fract = x_fract * consts::LN_2; let fract_exp = x_fract.exp_smallx(partial_iter); //need the 2^n portion, we can just extract that from the whole number exp portion let fract_exponent: i32 = fract_exp .extract_exponent_value() .saturating_add(x_trunc.0 as i32); if fract_exponent < -(EXPONENT_BIAS as i32) { return Self::ZERO; } if fract_exponent > ((EXPONENT_BIAS + 1) as i32) { return Self::INFINITY; } fract_exp.set_exponent(fract_exponent) } /// if x is between 0.0 and 1.0, we can approximate it with the a series /// /// Series from here: /// /// /// e^x ~= 1 + x(1 + x/2(1 + (x? #[inline] pub(crate) fn exp_smallx(self, iter: u32) -> Self { let mut total = 1.0; for i in (1..=iter).rev() { total = 1.0 + ((self.0 / (i as f32)) * total); } Self(total) } } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use super::F32; pub(crate) const MAX_ERROR: f32 = 0.001; /// exp test vectors - `(input, output)` pub(crate) const TEST_VECTORS: &[(f32, f32)] = &[ (1e-07, 1.0000001), (1e-06, 1.000001), (1e-05, 1.00001), (1e-04, 1.0001), (0.001, 1.0010005), (0.01, 1.0100502), (0.1, 1.105171), (1.0, 2.7182817), (10.0, 22026.465), (-1e-08, 1.0), (-1e-07, 0.9999999), (-1e-06, 0.999999), (-1e-05, 0.99999), (-1e-04, 0.9999), (-0.001, 0.9990005), (-0.01, 0.99004984), (-0.1, 0.9048374), (-1.0, 0.36787945), (-10.0, 4.539_993e-5), ]; #[test] fn sanity_check() { assert_eq!(F32(-1000000.0).exp(), F32::ZERO); for &(x, expected) in TEST_VECTORS { let exp_x = F32(x).exp(); let relative_error = (exp_x - expected).abs() / expected; assert!( relative_error <= MAX_ERROR, "relative_error {} too large for input {} : {} vs {}", relative_error, x, exp_x, expected ); } } }