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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-05-07 01:49:07 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/libmath.tex b/Doc/libmath.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 1cc6b20..0000000 --- a/Doc/libmath.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -\section{Built-in Module \module{math}} -\label{module-math} - -\bimodindex{math} -This module is always available. -It provides access to the mathematical functions defined by the \C{} -standard. -They are: - -\begin{funcdesc}{acos}{x} -Return the arc cosine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{asin}{x} -Return the arc sine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{atan}{x} -Return the arc tangent of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{atan2}{x, y} -Return \code{atan(\var{x} / \var{y})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{ceil}{x} -Return the ceiling of \var{x} as a real. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{cos}{x} -Return the cosine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{cosh}{x} -Return the hyperbolic cosine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{exp}{x} -Return \code{e**\var{x}}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{fabs}{x} -Return the absolute value of the real \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{floor}{x} -Return the floor of \var{x} as a real. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{fmod}{x, y} -Return \code{\var{x} \%\ \var{y}}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{frexp}{x} -Return the matissa and exponent for \var{x}. The mantissa is -positive. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{hypot}{x, y} -Return the Euclidean distance, \code{sqrt(\var{x}*\var{x} + \var{y}*\var{y})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{ldexp}{x, i} -Return \code{\var{x} * (2**\var{i})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{log}{x} -Return the natural logarithm of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{log10}{x} -Return the base-10 logarithm of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{modf}{x} -Return the fractional and integer parts of \var{x}. Both results -carry the sign of \var{x}. The integer part is returned as a real. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{pow}{x, y} -Return \code{\var{x}**\var{y}}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{sin}{x} -Return the sine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{sinh}{x} -Return the hyperbolic sine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{sqrt}{x} -Return the square root of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{tan}{x} -Return the tangent of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{tanh}{x} -Return the hyperbolic tangent of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -Note that \function{frexp()} and \function{modf()} have a different -call/return pattern than their \C{} equivalents: they take a single -argument and return a pair of values, rather than returning their -second return value through an `output parameter' (there is no such -thing in Python). - -The module also defines two mathematical constants: - -\begin{datadesc}{pi} -The mathematical constant \emph{pi}. -\end{datadesc} - -\begin{datadesc}{e} -The mathematical constant \emph{e}. -\end{datadesc} - -\begin{seealso} - \seemodule{cmath}{Complex number versions of many of these functions.} -\end{seealso} |