diff --git a/src/main/java/miscellaneous/Miscellaneous.java b/src/main/java/miscellaneous/Miscellaneous.java
index 3ae367a78cd7e1b78f1e4ccdf9401fdd86dee2ee..8b364010cfc3c6b1eb17e324165dc0c8d60db048 100644
--- a/src/main/java/miscellaneous/Miscellaneous.java
+++ b/src/main/java/miscellaneous/Miscellaneous.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class Miscellaneous {
         if (T <= Tmin || T >= Tmax) {
             return 0;
         } else {
-            return (T - Tmin) * (T - Tmax) / ((T - Tmin) * (T - Tmax) - Math.pow(T - Topt, 2.));
+            return (T - Tmin) * (T - Tmax) / ((T - Tmin) * (T - Tmax) - ((T - Topt) * (T-Topt)));
         }
     }
 }