New submission from Alexander Belopolsky: The math.exp(x) function is documented to "Return e**x" <https://docs.python.org/3/library/math.html#math.exp>. This is misleading because even in the simplest case, math.exp(x) is not the same as math.e ** x:
>>> import math >>> math.exp(2) - math.e ** 2 8.881784197001252e-16 I suggest using e<sup>x instead of e**x to distinguish between Python syntax and mathematical operation and change "Return e**x" to "Return e<sup>x, the base-e exponential of x." ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 290937 nosy: belopolsky, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: math.exp documentation is misleading versions: Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29956> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
