math(3erl)

math3erl

Mathematical functions.

Overview

This module provides an interface to a number of mathematical functions.

Note:

Not all functions are provided on all platforms. In particular, the erf/1 and erfc/1 functions are not provided on Windows.

Exports

acos(X) -> float()
acosh(X) -> float()
asin(X) -> float()
asinh(X) -> float()
atan(X) -> float()
atan2(Y, X) -> float()
atanh(X) -> float()
ceil(X) -> float()
cos(X) -> float()
cosh(X) -> float()
exp(X) -> float()
floor(X) -> float()
fmod(X, Y) -> float()
log(X) -> float()
log10(X) -> float()
log2(X) -> float()
pow(X, Y) -> float()
sin(X) -> float()
sinh(X) -> float()
sqrt(X) -> float()
tan(X) -> float()
tanh(X) -> float()

Types:

Y = X = number()

A collection of mathematical functions that return floats. Arguments are numbers.

erf(X) -> float()

Types:

X = number()

Returns the error function of X, where:

erf(X) = 2/sqrt(pi)*integral from 0 to X of exp(-t*t) dt.
erfc(X) -> float()

Types:

X = number()

erfc(X) returns 1.0 - erf(X), computed by methods that avoid cancellation for large X.

pi() -> float()

A useful number.

Limitations

As these are the C library, the same limitations apply.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12

From erlang-manpages 1:25.2.3+dfsg-1+deb12u4 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.