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1 /*
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3  * All rights reserved.
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16  *
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19  * experiences (good or bad) with these elementary function codes, using
20  * the sendbug(8) program, to the authors.
21  */
22 
23 #ifndef lint
24 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)log10.c	5.3 (Berkeley) 06/30/88";
25 #endif /* not lint */
26 
27 /* LOG10(X)
28  * RETURN THE BASE 10 LOGARITHM OF x
29  * DOUBLE PRECISION (VAX D format 56 bits, IEEE DOUBLE 53 BITS)
30  * CODED IN C BY K.C. NG, 1/20/85;
31  * REVISED BY K.C. NG on 1/23/85, 3/7/85, 4/16/85.
32  *
33  * Required kernel function:
34  *	log(x)
35  *
36  * Method :
37  *			     log(x)
38  *		log10(x) = ---------  or  [1/log(10)]*log(x)
39  *			    log(10)
40  *
41  *    Note:
42  *	  [log(10)]   rounded to 56 bits has error  .0895  ulps,
43  *	  [1/log(10)] rounded to 53 bits has error  .198   ulps;
44  *	  therefore, for better accuracy, in VAX D format, we divide
45  *	  log(x) by log(10), but in IEEE Double format, we multiply
46  *	  log(x) by [1/log(10)].
47  *
48  * Special cases:
49  *	log10(x) is NaN with signal if x < 0;
50  *	log10(+INF) is +INF with no signal; log10(0) is -INF with signal;
51  *	log10(NaN) is that NaN with no signal.
52  *
53  * Accuracy:
54  *	log10(X) returns the exact log10(x) nearly rounded. In a test run
55  *	with 1,536,000 random arguments on a VAX, the maximum observed
56  *	error was 1.74 ulps (units in the last place).
57  *
58  * Constants:
59  * The hexadecimal values are the intended ones for the following constants.
60  * The decimal values may be used, provided that the compiler will convert
61  * from decimal to binary accurately enough to produce the hexadecimal values
62  * shown.
63  */
64 
65 #if defined(vax)||defined(tahoe)	/* VAX D format (56 bits) */
66 #ifdef vax
67 #define _0x(A,B)	0x/**/A/**/B
68 #else	/* vax */
69 #define _0x(A,B)	0x/**/B/**/A
70 #endif	/* vax */
71 /* static double */
72 /* ln10hi =  2.3025850929940456790E0     ; Hex   2^  2   *  .935D8DDDAAA8AC */
73 static long    ln10hix[] = { _0x(5d8d,4113), _0x(a8ac,ddaa)};
74 #define   ln10hi    (*(double*)ln10hix)
75 #else	/* defined(vax)||defined(tahoe)	*/
76 static double
77 ivln10 =  4.3429448190325181667E-1    ; /*Hex   2^ -2   *  1.BCB7B1526E50E */
78 #endif	/* defined(vax)||defined(tahoe)	*/
79 
80 double log10(x)
81 double x;
82 {
83 	double log();
84 
85 #if defined(vax)||defined(tahoe)
86 	return(log(x)/ln10hi);
87 #else	/* defined(vax)||defined(tahoe) */
88 	return(ivln10*log(x));
89 #endif	/* defined(vax)||defined(tahoe) */
90 }
91