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Can anyone provide an explanation of the difference between using Math.Pow() and Math.Exp() in C# and .net ?
Is Exp()just taking a number to the Power using itself as the Exponent?
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exp(double a) description:Returns Euler's number e raised to the power of a double value. and another method Math. pow(double a, double b) description:Returns the value of the first argument raised to the power of the second argument.. But I am confused what is the difference between the two.
The Math. Pow() method in C# is used to compute a number raised to the power of some other number.
The exp() function in Python allows users to calculate the exponential value with the base set to e. Note: e is a Mathematical constant, with a value approximately equal to 2.71828.
The pow() function computes the power of a number. The pow() function takes two arguments (base value and power value) and, returns the power raised to the base number. For example, [Mathematics] xy = pow(x, y) [In programming] The pow() function is defined in math. h header file.
Math.Pow computes x y for some x and y.
Math.Exp computes e x for some x, where e is Euler's number.
Note that while Math.Pow(Math.E, d) produces the same result as Math.Exp(d), a quick benchmark comparison shows that Math.Exp actually executes about twice as fast as Math.Pow:
Trial Operations Pow Exp
1 1000 0.0002037 0.0001344 (seconds)
2 100000 0.0106623 0.0046347
3 10000000 1.0892492 0.4677785
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