Constant

i1 : pi

o1 = pi

o1 : Constant

i2 : +pi

o2 = 3.14159265358979

o2 : RR (of precision 53)

i3 : numeric_100 pi

o3 = 3.14159265358979323846264338328

o3 : RR (of precision 100)

i4 : 2. * pi

o4 = 6.28318530717959

o4 : RR (of precision 53)

i5 : 2p100 * pi

o5 = 6.28318530717958647692528676656

o5 : RR (of precision 100)

i6 : exp(2*pi*ii/17)

o6 = .932472229404356+.361241666187153*ii

o6 : CC (of precision 53)

Methods that use an object of class Constant :

• "Constant !" -- see ! -- factorial
• "Constant * Constant" -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• "Constant * InexactNumber" -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• "Constant * Number" -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• "InexactNumber * Constant" -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• "Number * Constant" -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• "+ Constant" -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• "Constant + Constant" -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• "Constant + InexactNumber" -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• "Constant + Number" -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• "InexactNumber + Constant" -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• "Number + Constant" -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• "- Constant" -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• "Constant - Constant" -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• "Constant - InexactNumber" -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• "Constant - Number" -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• "InexactNumber - Constant" -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• "Number - Constant" -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• "Constant * RingElement"
• "Constant + RingElement"
• "Constant - RingElement"
• "Constant / Constant"
• "Constant / InexactNumber"
• "Constant / Number"
• "Constant / RingElement"
• "Constant == Constant"
• "Constant == InexactNumber"
• "Constant ^ Constant"
• "Constant ^ InexactNumber"
• "Constant ^ Number"
• "InexactNumber / Constant"
• "InexactNumber == Constant"
• "InexactNumber ^ Constant"
• "Number / Constant"
• "Number ^ Constant"
• "RingElement * Constant"
• "RingElement + Constant"
• "RingElement - Constant"
• "RingElement / Constant"
• Constant * InfiniteNumber (missing documentation)
• Constant + InfiniteNumber (missing documentation)
• Constant - InfiniteNumber (missing documentation)
• Constant / InfiniteNumber (missing documentation)
• Constant // InfiniteNumber (missing documentation)
• "exp(Constant)" -- see exp -- exponential function
• InfiniteNumber * Constant (missing documentation)
• InfiniteNumber + Constant (missing documentation)
• InfiniteNumber - Constant (missing documentation)
• InfiniteNumber / Constant (missing documentation)
• InfiniteNumber // Constant (missing documentation)
• "integrate(Function,Constant,Constant)" -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• "integrate(Function,Constant,InfiniteNumber)" -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• "integrate(Function,Constant,Number)" -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• "integrate(Function,InfiniteNumber,Constant)" -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• "integrate(Function,Number,Constant)" -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• "Constant ^ Ring" -- see lift -- lift to another ring
• "Constant ^ RingFamily" -- see lift -- lift to another ring
• "numeric(Constant)" -- see numeric -- convert to floating point
• "numeric(ZZ,Constant)" -- see numeric -- convert to floating point
• "numericInterval(Constant)" -- see numericInterval -- converts to an interval
• "numericInterval(ZZ,Constant)" -- see numericInterval -- converts to an interval

Fixed objects of class Constant :

• EulerConstant -- the Euler-Mascheroni constant
• ii -- the square root of -1
• pi

For the programmer

The object Constant is a type, with ancestor classes BasicList < Thing.