exp.md (1029B)
1 <!-- Note: This file is automatically generated from source code comments. Changes made in this file will be overridden. --> 2 3 # Function exp 4 5 Calculate the exponent of a value. 6 For matrices, the function is evaluated element wise. 7 8 9 ## Syntax 10 11 ```js 12 math.exp(x) 13 ``` 14 15 ### Parameters 16 17 Parameter | Type | Description 18 --------- | ---- | ----------- 19 `x` | number | BigNumber | Complex | Array | Matrix | A number or matrix to exponentiate 20 21 ### Returns 22 23 Type | Description 24 ---- | ----------- 25 number | BigNumber | Complex | Array | Matrix | Exponent of `x` 26 27 28 ### Throws 29 30 Type | Description 31 ---- | ----------- 32 33 34 ## Examples 35 36 ```js 37 math.exp(2) // returns number 7.3890560989306495 38 math.pow(math.e, 2) // returns number 7.3890560989306495 39 math.log(math.exp(2)) // returns number 2 40 41 math.exp([1, 2, 3]) 42 // returns Array [ 43 // 2.718281828459045, 44 // 7.3890560989306495, 45 // 20.085536923187668 46 // ] 47 ``` 48 49 50 ## See also 51 52 [expm1](expm1.md), 53 [log](log.md), 54 [pow](pow.md)