NAME

Math: cbrt, sqrt, pow, pow10, hypot, exp, expm1, log, log10, log1p, cos, cosh, sin, sinh, tan, tanh, acos, asin, acosh, asinh, atan, atanh, atan2, lgamma, erf, erfc, j0, j1, y0, y1, jn, yn - elementary functions of applied mathematics

SYNOPSIS

include "math.m";
math := load Math Math->PATH;

cbrt, sqrt: fn(x: real): real;
pow: fn(x, y: real): real;
pow10: fn(p: int): real;
hypot: fn(x, y: real): real;
exp, expm1, log, log10, log1p: fn(x: real): real;

cos, cosh, sin, sinh, tan, tanh: fn(x: real): real;
acos, asin, acosh, asinh, atan, atanh: fn(x: real): real;
atan2: fn(y, x: real) of real;

lgamma: fn(x: real): (int,real);
erf, erfc: fn(x: real): real;
j0, j1, y0, y1: fn(x: real): real;
jn, yn: fn(n: int, x: real): real;

DESCRIPTION

These routines implement the basic elementary functions of applied mathematics.

Sqrt(x) computes the square root of x, cbrt(x) the cube root. Pow(x,y) computes x raised to the exponent y; pow10 raises 10 to the integer power n. Hypot(x,y) computes sqrt(x*x+y*y).

Exp(x) returns the exponential function of x, and expm1(x) is exp(x)-1.

Log(x) returns the natural logarithm of x, while log10(x) returns the logarithm base 10 and log1p(x) returns the logarithm of 1+x.

The trigonometric functions use radians. The ranges of the inverse functions are: acos in [0,PI]; asin in [-PI/2,PI/2]; atan in [-PI/2,PI/2]; and atan2(y,x) = arctan(y/x) in [-PI,PI];

The gamma function is implemented by lgamma(x); the tuple it returns, say (s,lg), encodes the gamma function by ¿(x) = s*exp(lg).

The hyperbolic trigonometric functions sinh etc. behave as expected. Erf is the error function and erfc(x) is 1-erf(x).

The Bessel functions are computed by j0, j1, jn, y0, y1, and yn.

SOURCE

/libinterp/math.c

SEE ALSO

math-intro(2)

MATH-ELEM(2 )

Rev:  Tue Mar 31 02:42:39 GMT 2015