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
• abs(Constant) (missing documentation)
• acosh(Constant) (missing documentation)
• acot(Constant) (missing documentation)
• acoth(Constant) -- see acoth -- compute the hyperbolic arctangent of a number
• asinh(Constant) (missing documentation)
• atanh(Constant) -- see atanh -- compute the hyperbolic arctangent of a number
• BesselJ(ZZ,Constant) -- see BesselJ -- Bessel function of the first kind
• BesselY(ZZ,Constant) -- see BesselY -- Bessel function of the second kind
• binomial(Constant,Constant) -- see binomial -- binomial coefficient
• binomial(Constant,Number) -- see binomial -- binomial coefficient
• binomial(Number,Constant) -- see binomial -- binomial coefficient
• ceiling(Constant) -- see ceiling(Number) -- ceiling function
• 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)
• Constant == Number (missing documentation)
• Constant ? Constant (missing documentation)
• Constant ? Number (missing documentation)
• floor(Constant) -- see floor(Number) -- floor function
• InexactNumber ? Constant (missing documentation)
• 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
• isc(Constant) (missing documentation)
• isInfinite(Constant) -- see isInfinite -- whether a number is infinite
• isReal(Constant) -- see isReal -- whether a number is real
• Constant ^ Ring -- see lift -- lift to another ring
• Constant ^ RingFamily -- see lift -- lift to another ring
• liftable(Constant,type of Number) (missing documentation)
• liftable(Constant,type of RingElement) (missing documentation)
• lngamma(Constant) -- see lngamma -- logarithm of the Gamma function
• Number == Constant (missing documentation)
• Number ? Constant (missing documentation)
• numeric(Constant) -- see numeric -- convert to floating point
• numeric(InfiniteNumber,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
• round(Constant) (missing documentation)
• truncate(Constant) -- see truncate(Number) -- round a number toward zero

Fixed objects of class Constant :

• CatalanConstant -- Catalan's 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.