!set x=<i>x</i>
<p>
$x is a real number, which can be replaced by an expression, to allow
composite functions.
<p>
<center><table border=2 cellspacing=1 cellpadding=3 bgcolor="#d0e0c0">
<tr><th>function<th>description<th>how to type
<tr>
<tr><td>$m_pi
<tt>pi</tt> or <tt>Pi</tt> or <tt>PI</tt>
<tr><td><i>e</i><td>base of natural logarithmic<td>
<tt>e</tt> or <tt>E</tt>
<tr>
<tr
><td
>|$x|<td
>absolute value of
$x<td
><tt
>abs(x
)
<tr><td>sign($x)<td>sign of $x:
<br> =-1 if $x<0<br> =0 if $x=0<br> =1 if $x>0
<td><tt>sign(x)
<tr><td>
<td>square root of $x
<td
><tt
>sqrt(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>x^
(1/2)</tt
>
<tr><td>?<td>closest integer to $x<td><tt>rint(x)</tt>
<tr
><td
>?
<td
>largest integer
<=$x<td
><tt
>floor(x
)</tt
>
<tr
><td
>?
<td
>smallest integer
>=$x<td
><tt
>ceil(x
)</tt
>
<tr>
<tr><td><i>e<sup>x</sup><td>exponential<td>
<tt
>exp(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>e^x
</tt
> or
<tt
>E^x
</tt
>
<tr
><td
>ln
($x)<td
>natural logarithmic
<td
><tt
>log(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>ln
(x
)</tt
>
<tr>
<tr
><td
>sin($x)<td
>trigonometric sine
<td
><tt
>sin(x
)
<tr
><td
>cos($x)<td
>trigonometric cosine
<td
><tt
>cos(x
)
<tr
><td
>tg
($x)<td
>trigonometric tangent
<td
><tt
>tan(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>tg
(x
)</tt
>
<tr><td>ctg($x)<td>trigonometric cotangent<td><tt>cotan(x)</tt> or <tt>ctg(x)</tt>
</tt> <br> or <tt>cot(x)
<tr
><td
>arcsin
($x)<td
>inverse trigonometric
<td
><tt
>asin(x
)</tt
> or
<tt>arcsin(x)</tt>
<tr
><td
>arccos
($x)<td
>inverse trigonometric
<td
><tt
>acos(x
)</tt
> or
<tt>arccos(x)</tt>
<tr
><td
>arctg
($x)<td
>inverse trigonometric
<td
><tt
>atan(x
)</tt
> or
<tt>arctan(x)</tt> <br>or <tt>arctg(x)</tt>
<tr>
<tr
><td
>sh
($x)<td
>parabolic sine
<td
><tt
>sh
(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>sinh(x
)</tt
>
<tr
><td
>ch
($x)<td
>parabolic cosine
<td
><tt
>ch
(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>cosh(x
)</tt
>
<tr
><td
>th
($x)<td
>parabolic tangent
<td
><tt
>th
(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>tanh(x
)</tt
>
<tr
><td
>Argsh
($x)<td
>inverse parabolic
<td
><tt
>asinh(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>argsh
(x
)</tt
>
<br>or <tt>Argsh(x)</tt>
<tr
><td
>Argch
($x)<td
>inverse parabolic
<td
><tt
>acosh(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>argch
(x
)</tt
>
<br>or <tt>Argch(x)</tt>
<tr
><td
>Argth
($x)<td
>inverse parabolic
<td
><tt
>atanh(x
)</tt
> or
<tt
>argth
(x
)</tt
>
<br>or <tt>Argth(x)</tt>
<tr
><td
>max(x
,y
)<td
>Bigger among x and y
<td
><tt
>max(x
,y
)</tt
>
<tr
><td
>min(x
,y
)<td
>Smaller among x and y
<td
><tt
>min(x
,y
)
<tr
><td
>gcd
(x
,y
)<td
>Greatest Common Divisor
<td
><tt
>max(x
,y
)
<tr
><td
>lcm
(x
,y
)<td
>Least Commun Multiple
<td
><tt
>min(x
,y
)
</table></center>
!! Add the following:
<ul>
<li
>lg
(x
): log of base
10</LI
>
<li>j0(x), j1(x), y0(x), y1(x): Bessel functions</LI>
</ul>