math.exp(complex)

[David Eppstein]

In article <ENnbb.10075$Uv2.662 at nwrdny02.gnilink.net>,
 "Raymond Hettinger" <vze4rx4y at verizon.net> wrote:

> > So why not math.exp(complex)?
> 
> Use the cmath module for complex ops:

Thanks, but then my next question is, why are math and cmath different 
from each other?

And, is there any important difference (e.g. in numerical accuracy) 
between cmath.exp(x) and math.e**x ?

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David Eppstein                      http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/
Univ. of California, Irvine, School of Information & Computer Science