Exponential.java

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/******************************************************************************
 *  Compilation:  javac Exponential.java
 *  Execution:    java Exponential N
 *
 *  Compute the e^x using the Taylor series:
 *  e^x = 1 + x + x^2/2! + x^3/3! + ...
 *  and also using Math.exp. Catastrophic cancelation
 *  occurs if x is a large negative number.
 *
 *  % java Exponential 0
 *  1.0
 *  1.0
 *
 *  % java Exponential 1
 *  2.7182818284590455
 *  2.7182818284590455
 *
 *  % java Exponential 50
 *  5.184705528587075E21
 *  5.184705528587072E21
 *
 *  % java Exponential -1
 *  0.36787944117144245
 *  0.36787944117144233
 *
 *  % java Exponential -10
 *  4.539992962303128E-5
 *  4.539992976248485E-5
 *
 *  % java Exponential -30
 *  -3.06681235635622E-5
 *  9.357622968840175E-14
 *
 *  % java Exponential -50
 *  11072.93338289197
 *  1.9287498479639178E-22
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

public class Exponential {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        double x = Double.parseDouble(args[0]);
        double sum  = 0.0;
        double term = 1.0;
        for (int i = 1; sum != sum + term; i++) {
            sum  = sum + term;
            term = term * x / i;
            StdOut.println(i + " " + term + " " + sum);
        }
        StdOut.println(sum);
        StdOut.println(Math.exp(x));
   }

}