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Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH "NAME" Math::Symbolic::AuxFunctions \- Auxiliary functions for Math::Symbolic hierarchy .SH "SYNOPSIS" .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 \& use Math::Symbolic::AuxFunctions; \& \& Math::Symbolic::AuxFunctions::acos($x); \& # etc .Ve .SH "DESCRIPTION" .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" This module contains implementations of some auxiliary functions that are used within the Math::Symbolic hierarchy of modules. In particular, this module holds all trigonometric functions used for numeric evaluation of trees by Math::Symbolic::Operator. .SS "\s-1EXPORT\s0" .IX Subsection "EXPORT" None. On purpose. If I wished this module would pollute others' namespaces, I'd have put the functions right where they're used. .SH "TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS" .IX Header "TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS" .SS "tan" .IX Subsection "tan" Computes the tangent sin(x) / cos(x). .SS "cot" .IX Subsection "cot" Computes the cotangent cos(x) / sin(x). .SS "asin" .IX Subsection "asin" Computes the arc sine asin(z) = \-i log(iz + sqrt(1\-z*z)). Above formula is for complex numbers. .SS "acos" .IX Subsection "acos" Computes the arc cosine acos(z) = \-i log(z + sqrt(z*z\-1)). Above formula is for complex numbers. .SS "atan" .IX Subsection "atan" Computes the arc tangent atan(z) = i/2 log((i+z) / (i\-z)). Above formula is for complex numbers. .SS "acot" .IX Subsection "acot" Computes the arc cotangent ( atan( 1 / x ) ). .SS "asinh" .IX Subsection "asinh" Computes the arc hyperbolic sine asinh(z) = log(z + sqrt(z*z+1)) .SS "acosh" .IX Subsection "acosh" Computes the arc hyperbolic cosine acosh(z) = log(z + sqrt(z*z\-1)). .SH "OTHER FUNCTIONS" .IX Header "OTHER FUNCTIONS" .SS "binomial_coeff" .IX Subsection "binomial_coeff" Calculates the binomial coefficient n over k of its first two arguments (n, k). .PP Code taken from Orwant et al, \*(L"Mastering Algorithms with Perl\*(R" .SS "bell_number" .IX Subsection "bell_number" The Bell numbers are defined as follows: .PP .Vb 2 \& B_0 = 1 \& B_n+1 = sum_k=0_to_n( B_k * binomial_coeff(n, k) ) .Ve .PP This function uses memoization. .SH "AUTHOR" .IX Header "AUTHOR" Please send feedback, bug reports, and support requests to the Math::Symbolic support mailing list: math-symbolic-support at lists dot sourceforge dot net. Please consider letting us know how you use Math::Symbolic. Thank you. .PP If you're interested in helping with the development or extending the module's functionality, please contact the developers' mailing list: math-symbolic-develop at lists dot sourceforge dot net. .PP List of contributors: .PP .Vb 3 \& Steffen MXller, symbolic\-module at steffen\-mueller dot net \& Stray Toaster, mwk at users dot sourceforge dot net \& Oliver EbenhXh .Ve .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" New versions of this module can be found on http://steffen\-mueller.net or \s-1CPAN.\s0 The module development takes place on Sourceforge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/math\-symbolic/ .PP Math::Symbolic