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+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 mol* contributors, licensed under MIT, See LICENSE file for more info.
+ *
+ * @author Alexander Rose <alexander.rose@weirdbyte.de>
+ *
+ * adapted from https://github.com/d3/d3-ease
+ */
+
+const b1 = 4 / 11,
+    b2 = 6 / 11,
+    b3 = 8 / 11,
+    b4 = 3 / 4,
+    b5 = 9 / 11,
+    b6 = 10 / 11,
+    b7 = 15 / 16,
+    b8 = 21 / 22,
+    b9 = 63 / 64,
+    b0 = 1 / b1 / b1;
+
+export function bounceIn(t: number) {
+    return 1 - bounceOut(1 - t);
+}
+
+export function bounceOut(t: number) {
+    return (t = +t) < b1 ? b0 * t * t : t < b3 ? b0 * (t -= b2) * t + b4 : t < b6 ? b0 * (t -= b5) * t + b7 : b0 * (t -= b8) * t + b9;
+}
+
+export function bounceInOut(t: number) {
+    return ((t *= 2) <= 1 ? 1 - bounceOut(1 - t) : bounceOut(t - 1) + 1) / 2;
+}
+
+//
+
+export function circleIn(t: number) {
+    return 1 - Math.sqrt(1 - t * t);
+}
+
+export function circleOut(t: number) {
+    return Math.sqrt(1 - --t * t);
+}
+
+export function circleInOut(t: number) {
+    return ((t *= 2) <= 1 ? 1 - Math.sqrt(1 - t * t) : Math.sqrt(1 - (t -= 2) * t) + 1) / 2;
+}
+
+//
+
+export function cubicIn(t: number) {
+    return t * t * t;
+}
+
+export function cubicOut(t: number) {
+    return --t * t * t + 1;
+}
+
+export function cubicInOut(t: number) {
+    return ((t *= 2) <= 1 ? t * t * t : (t -= 2) * t * t + 2) / 2;
+}
+
+//
+
+export function expIn(t: number) {
+    return Math.pow(2, 10 * t - 10);
+}
+
+export function expOut(t: number) {
+    return 1 - Math.pow(2, -10 * t);
+}
+
+export function expInOut(t: number) {
+    return ((t *= 2) <= 1 ? Math.pow(2, 10 * t - 10) : 2 - Math.pow(2, 10 - 10 * t)) / 2;
+}
+
+//
+
+export function quadIn(t: number) {
+    return t * t;
+}
+
+export function quadOut(t: number) {
+    return t * (2 - t);
+}
+
+export function quadInOut(t: number) {
+    return ((t *= 2) <= 1 ? t * t : --t * (2 - t) + 1) / 2;
+}
+
+//
+
+const pi = Math.PI,
+    halfPi = pi / 2;
+
+export function sinIn(t: number) {
+    return 1 - Math.cos(t * halfPi);
+}
+
+export function sinOut(t: number) {
+    return Math.sin(t * halfPi);
+}
+
+export function sinInOut(t: number) {
+    return (1 - Math.cos(pi * t)) / 2;
+}
+
+//