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diff --git a/Doc/libcmath.tex b/Doc/libcmath.tex deleted file mode 100644 index adce12f..0000000 --- a/Doc/libcmath.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,90 +0,0 @@ -\section{Built-in Module \module{cmath}} -\label{module-cmath} - -\bimodindex{cmath} -This module is always available. -It provides access to mathematical functions for complex numbers. -The functions are: - -\begin{funcdesc}{acos}{x} -Return the arc cosine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{acosh}{x} -Return the hyperbolic arc cosine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{asin}{x} -Return the arc sine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{asinh}{x} -Return the hyperbolic arc sine of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{atan}{x} -Return the arc tangent of \var{x}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{atanh}{x} -Return the hyperbolic arc tangent of \var{x}. -\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 the exponential value \code{e**\var{x}}. -\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}{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} - -The module also defines two mathematical constants: - -\begin{datadesc}{pi} -The mathematical constant \emph{pi}, as a real. -\end{datadesc} - -\begin{datadesc}{e} -The mathematical constant \emph{e}, as a real. -\end{datadesc} - -Note that the selection of functions is similar, but not identical, to -that in module \code{math}\refbimodindex{math}. The reason for having -two modules is, that some users aren't interested in complex numbers, -and perhaps don't even know what they are. They would rather have -\code{math.sqrt(-1)} raise an exception than return a complex number. -Also note that the functions defined in \code{cmath} always return a -complex number, even if the answer can be expressed as a real number -(in which case the complex number has an imaginary part of zero). |