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changeset 9197:3c27a0340a64
Update documentation for section 17.8 (Mathematical Constants) of arith.texi
author | Rik <rdrider0-list@yahoo.com> |
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date | Thu, 14 May 2009 16:03:58 -0700 |
parents | c229bfb14d8d |
children | 3b9aacf07744 |
files | doc/ChangeLog src/data.cc |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-05-14 Rik <rdrider0-list@yahoo.com> + + * interpreter/arith.txi: Update section 17.8 (Mathematical Consants) + of arith.txi. + 2009-05-01 Rik <rdrider0-list@yahoo.com> * interpreter/arith.txi: Update section 17.7 (Coordinate
--- a/src/data.cc +++ b/src/data.cc @@ -3681,14 +3681,32 @@ DEFUN (Inf, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} Inf (@var{x})\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} Inf\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} Inf (@var{n})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} Inf (@var{n}, @var{m})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} Inf (@var{n}, @var{m}, @var{k}, @dots{})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} Inf (@dots{}, @var{class})\n\ -Return a matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all Infinity.\n\ -The arguments are handled the same as the arguments for @code{eye}.\n\ -The optional argument @var{class} may be either @samp{\"single\"} or\n\ -@samp{\"double\"}. The default is @samp{\"double\"}.\n\ +Return a scalar, matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ +to the IEEE representation for positive infinity.\n\ +\n\ +Infinity is produced when results are too large to be represented using the\n\ +the IEEE floating point format for numbers. Two common examples which\n\ +produce infinity are division by zero and overflow.\n\ +@example\n\ +@group\n\ +[1/0 e^800]\n\ +@result{}\n\ +Inf Inf\n\ +@end group\n\ +@end example\n\ +\n\ +When called with no arguments, return a scalar with the value @samp{Inf}.\n\ +When called with a single argument, return a square matrix with the dimension\n\ +specified. When called with more than one scalar argument the first two\n\ +arguments are taken as the number of rows and columns and any further\n\ +arguments specify additional matrix dimensions.\n\ +The optional argument @var{class} specifies the return type and may be\n\ +either \"double\" or \"single\".\n\ @end deftypefn") { return fill_matrix (args, lo_ieee_inf_value (), @@ -3718,29 +3736,35 @@ DEFUN (NaN, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} NaN (@var{x})\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} NaN\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} NaN (@var{n})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} NaN (@var{n}, @var{m})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} NaN (@var{n}, @var{m}, @var{k}, @dots{})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} NaN (@dots{}, @var{class})\n\ -Return a matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all NaN\n\ -(Not a Number). The value NaN is the result of an operation like\n\ -@iftex\n\ +Return a scalar, matrix, or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ +to the IEEE symbol NaN (Not a Number).\n\ +NaN is the result of operations which do not produce a well defined numerical\n\ +result. Common operations which produce a NaN are arithmetic with infinity\n\ @tex\n\ -$0/0$, or $\\infty - \\infty$,\n\ +($\\infty - \\infty$), zero divided by zero ($0/0$),\n\ @end tex\n\ -@end iftex\n\ @ifnottex\n\ -0/0, or @samp{Inf - Inf},\n\ +(Inf - Inf), zero divided by zero (0/0),\n\ @end ifnottex\n\ -or any operation with a NaN.\n\ +and any operation involving another NaN value (5 + NaN).\n\ +\n\ +Note that NaN always compares not equal to NaN (NaN != NaN). This behavior\n\ +is specified by the IEEE standard for floating point arithmetic. To\n\ +find NaN values, use the @code{isnan} function.\n\ \n\ -Note that NaN always compares not equal to NaN. This behavior is\n\ -specified by the IEEE standard for floating point arithmetic. To\n\ -find NaN values, you must use the @code{isnan} function.\n\ -\n\ -The arguments are handled the same as the arguments for @code{eye}.\n\ -The optional argument @var{class} may be either @samp{\"single\"} or\n\ -@samp{\"double\"}. The default is @samp{\"double\"}.\n\ +When called with no arguments, return a scalar with the value @samp{NaN}.\n\ +When called with a single argument, return a square matrix with the dimension\n\ +specified. When called with more than one scalar argument the first two\n\ +arguments are taken as the number of rows and columns and any further\n\ +arguments specify additional matrix dimensions.\n\ +The optional argument @var{class} specifies the return type and may be\n\ +either \"double\" or \"single\".\n\ +@seealso{isnan}\n\ @end deftypefn") { return fill_matrix (args, lo_ieee_nan_value (), @@ -3769,29 +3793,27 @@ DEFUN (e, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} e (@var{x})\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} e\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} e (@var{n})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} e (@var{n}, @var{m})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} e (@var{n}, @var{m}, @var{k}, @dots{})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} e (@dots{}, @var{class})\n\ -Return a matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ +Return a scalar, matrix, or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ to the base of natural logarithms. The constant\n\ -@iftex\n\ @tex\n\ - $e$\n\ +$e$ satisfies the equation $\\log (e) = 1$.\n\ @end tex\n\ -@end iftex\n\ @ifnottex\n\ - @var{e}\n\ +@samp{e} satisfies the equation @code{log} (e) = 1.\n\ @end ifnottex\n\ - satisfies the equation\n\ -@iftex\n\ -@tex\n\ - $\\log (e) = 1$.\n\ -@end tex\n\ -@end iftex\n\ -@ifnottex\n\ - @code{log} (@var{e}) = 1.\n\ -@end ifnottex\n\ +\n\ +When called with no arguments, return a scalar with the value @math{e}. When\n\ +called with a single argument, return a square matrix with the dimension\n\ +specified. When called with more than one scalar argument the first two\n\ +arguments are taken as the number of rows and columns and any further\n\ +arguments specify additional matrix dimensions.\n\ +The optional argument @var{class} specifies the return type and may be\n\ +either \"double\" or \"single\".\n\ @end deftypefn") { #if defined (M_E) @@ -3805,35 +3827,33 @@ DEFUN (eps, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} eps (@var{x})\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} eps\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} eps (@var{x})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} eps (@var{n}, @var{m})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} eps (@var{n}, @var{m}, @var{k}, @dots{})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} eps (@dots{}, @var{class})\n\ -Return a matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all eps,\n\ -the machine precision. More precisely, @code{eps} is the largest\n\ -relative spacing between any two adjacent numbers in the machine's\n\ -floating point system. This number is obviously system-dependent. On\n\ -machines that support 64-bit IEEE floating point arithmetic, @code{eps}\n\ -is approximately\n\ -@ifnottex\n\ - 2.2204e-16.\n\ -@end ifnottex\n\ -@iftex\n\ +Return a scalar, matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all eps,\n\ +the machine precision. More precisely, @code{eps} is the relative spacing\n\ +between any two adjacent numbers in the machine's floating point system.\n\ +This number is obviously system dependent. On machines that support IEEE\n\ +floating point arithmetic, @code{eps} is approximately\n\ @tex\n\ - $2.2204\\times10^{-16}$.\n\ +$2.2204\\times10^{-16}$ for double precision and $1.1921\\times10^{-7}$\n\ @end tex\n\ -@end iftex\n\ -for double precision and\n\ @ifnottex\n\ - 1.1921e-07.\n\ +2.2204e-16 for double precision and 1.1921e-07\n\ @end ifnottex\n\ -@iftex\n\ -@tex\n\ - $1.1921\\times10^{-7}$.\n\ -@end tex\n\ -@end iftex\n\ -for single precision. Given a single argument @var{x}, return the\n\ -distance between @var{x} and the next largest value.\n\ +for single precision.\n\ +\n\ +When called with no arguments, return a scalar with the value\n\ +@code{eps(1.0)}.\n\ +Given a single argument @var{x}, return the distance between @var{x} and\n\ +the next largest value.\n\ +When called with more than one argument the first two arguments are taken as\n\ +the number of rows and columns and any further\n\ +arguments specify additional matrix dimensions.\n\ +The optional argument @var{class} specifies the return type and may be\n\ +either \"double\" or \"single\".\n\ @end deftypefn") { int nargin = args.length (); @@ -3924,13 +3944,34 @@ DEFUN (pi, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} pi (@var{x})\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} pi\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} pi (@var{n})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} pi (@var{n}, @var{m})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} pi (@var{n}, @var{m}, @var{k}, @dots{})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} pi (@dots{}, @var{class})\n\ -Return a matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ -to the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.\n\ +Return a scalar, matrix, or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ +to the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its\n\ +@tex\n\ +diameter($\\pi$).\n\ +@end tex\n\ +@ifnottex\n\ +diameter.\n\ +@end ifnottex\n\ Internally, @code{pi} is computed as @samp{4.0 * atan (1.0)}.\n\ +\n\ +When called with no arguments, return a scalar with the value of\n\ +@tex\n\ +$\\pi$.\n\ +@end tex\n\ +@ifnottex\n\ +pi.\n\ +@end ifnottex\n\ +When called with a single argument, return a square matrix with the dimension\n\ +specified. When called with more than one scalar argument the first two\n\ +arguments are taken as the number of rows and columns and any further\n\ +arguments specify additional matrix dimensions.\n\ +The optional argument @var{class} specifies the return type and may be\n\ +either \"double\" or \"single\".\n\ @end deftypefn") { #if defined (M_PI) @@ -3944,23 +3985,32 @@ DEFUN (realmax, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} realmax (@var{x})\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} realmax\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} realmax (@var{n})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} realmax (@var{n}, @var{m})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} realmax (@var{n}, @var{m}, @var{k}, @dots{})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} realmax (@dots{}, @var{class})\n\ -Return a matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ +Return a scalar, matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ to the largest floating point number that is representable. The actual\n\ -value is system-dependent. On machines that support 64-bit IEEE\n\ +value is system dependent. On machines that support IEEE\n\ floating point arithmetic, @code{realmax} is approximately\n\ +@tex\n\ +$1.7977\\times10^{308}$ for double precision and $3.4028\\times10^{38}$\n\ +@end tex\n\ @ifnottex\n\ - 1.7977e+308\n\ +1.7977e+308 for double precision and 3.4028e+38\n\ @end ifnottex\n\ -@iftex\n\ -@tex\n\ - $1.7977\\times10^{308}$.\n\ -@end tex\n\ -@end iftex\n\ -@seealso{realmin}\n\ +for single precision.\n\ +\n\ +When called with no arguments, return a scalar with the value\n\ +@code{realmax(\"double\")}.\n\ +When called with a single argument, return a square matrix with the dimension\n\ +specified. When called with more than one scalar argument the first two\n\ +arguments are taken as the number of rows and columns and any further\n\ +arguments specify additional matrix dimensions.\n\ +The optional argument @var{class} specifies the return type and may be\n\ +either \"double\" or \"single\".\n\ +@seealso{realmin, intmax, bitmax}\n\ @end deftypefn") { return fill_matrix (args, DBL_MAX, FLT_MAX, "realmax"); @@ -3968,23 +4018,32 @@ DEFUN (realmin, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} realmin (@var{x})\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} realmin\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} realmin (@var{n})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} realmin (@var{n}, @var{m})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} realmin (@var{n}, @var{m}, @var{k}, @dots{})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} realmin (@dots{}, @var{class})\n\ -Return a matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ +Return a scalar, matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ to the smallest normalized floating point number that is representable.\n\ -The actual value is system-dependent. On machines that support\n\ -64-bit IEEE floating point arithmetic, @code{realmin} is approximately\n\ +The actual value is system dependent. On machines that support\n\ +IEEE floating point arithmetic, @code{realmin} is approximately\n\ +@tex\n\ +$2.2251\\times10^{-308}$ for double precision and $1.1755\\times10^{-38}$\n\ +@end tex\n\ @ifnottex\n\ - 2.2251e-308\n\ +2.2251e-308 for double precision and 1.1755e-38\n\ @end ifnottex\n\ -@iftex\n\ -@tex\n\ - $2.2251\\times10^{-308}$.\n\ -@end tex\n\ -@end iftex\n\ -@seealso{realmax}\n\ +for single precision.\n\ +\n\ +When called with no arguments, return a scalar with the value\n\ +@code{realmin(\"double\")}.\n\ +When called with a single argument, return a square matrix with the dimension\n\ +specified. When called with more than one scalar argument the first two\n\ +arguments are taken as the number of rows and columns and any further\n\ +arguments specify additional matrix dimensions.\n\ +The optional argument @var{class} specifies the return type and may be\n\ +either \"double\" or \"single\".\n\ +@seealso{realmax, intmin}\n\ @end deftypefn") { return fill_matrix (args, DBL_MIN, FLT_MIN, "realmin"); @@ -3992,22 +4051,29 @@ DEFUN (I, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} I (@var{x})\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} I\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} I (@var{n})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} I (@var{n}, @var{m})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} I (@var{n}, @var{m}, @var{k}, @dots{})\n\ @deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {} I (@dots{}, @var{class})\n\ -Return a matrix or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ +Return a scalar, matrix, or N-dimensional array whose elements are all equal\n\ to the pure imaginary unit, defined as\n\ -@iftex\n\ @tex\n\ - $\\sqrt{-1}$.\n\ +$\\sqrt{-1}$.\n\ @end tex\n\ -@end iftex\n\ @ifnottex\n\ - @code{sqrt (-1)}.\n\ +@code{sqrt (-1)}.\n\ @end ifnottex\n\ -Since I (also i, J, and j) is a function, you can use the name(s) for\n\ -other purposes.\n\ + I, and its equivalents i, J, and j, are functions so any of the names may\n\ +be reused for other purposes (such as i for a counter variable).\n\ +\n\ +When called with no arguments, return a scalar with the value @math{i}. When\n\ +called with a single argument, return a square matrix with the dimension\n\ +specified. When called with more than one scalar argument the first two\n\ +arguments are taken as the number of rows and columns and any further\n\ +arguments specify additional matrix dimensions.\n\ +The optional argument @var{class} specifies the return type and may be\n\ +either \"double\" or \"single\".\n\ @end deftypefn") { return fill_matrix (args, Complex (0.0, 1.0), "I");