Number -- the class of all numbers

Types of number :

• InexactNumber
• QQ -- the class of all rational numbers
• ZZ -- the class of all integers

Functions and methods returning a number :

• contract(Number,Number) -- see contract(Matrix,Matrix) -- contract a matrix by a matrix

Methods that use a number :

• Number % GroebnerBasis -- see % -- a binary operator, usually used for remainder and reduction
• Number % Ideal -- see % -- a binary operator, usually used for remainder and reduction
• Number % RingElement -- see % -- a binary operator, usually used for remainder and reduction
• RingElement % Number -- see % -- a binary operator, usually used for remainder and reduction
• Constant * Number -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• Matrix * Number -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• Number * Constant -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• Number * Matrix -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• Number * Vector -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• Vector * Number -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• Constant + Number -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• InfiniteNumber + Number -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• Matrix + Number -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• Number + Constant -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• Number + InfiniteNumber -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• Number + Matrix -- see + -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for addition
• Constant - Number -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• InfiniteNumber - Number -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• Matrix - Number -- 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
• Number - InfiniteNumber -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• Number - Matrix -- see - -- a unary or binary operator, usually used for negation or subtraction
• Matrix // Number -- see // -- a binary operator, usually used for quotient
• Number // InfiniteNumber -- see // -- a binary operator, usually used for quotient
• Number // Matrix -- see // -- a binary operator, usually used for quotient
• Number // RingElement -- see // -- a binary operator, usually used for quotient
• RingElement // Number -- see // -- a binary operator, usually used for quotient
• InfiniteNumber == Number -- see == -- equality
• Matrix == Number -- see == -- equality
• Number == InfiniteNumber -- see == -- equality
• Number == Matrix -- see == -- equality
• Number == RingElement -- see == -- equality
• RingElement == Number -- see == -- equality
• acosh(Number) -- see acosh -- inverse hyperbolic cosine
• acot(Number) -- see acot -- compute the inverse cotangent
• acoth(Number) -- see acoth -- compute the hyperbolic arctangent of a number
• asinh(Number) -- see asinh -- inverse hyperbolic sine
• atanh(Number) -- see atanh -- compute the hyperbolic arctangent of a number
• BesselJ(ZZ,Number) -- see BesselJ -- Bessel function of the first kind
• BesselY(ZZ,Number) -- see BesselY -- Bessel function of the second kind
• binomial(Constant,Number) -- see binomial -- binomial coefficient
• binomial(Number,Constant) -- see binomial -- binomial coefficient
• binomial(Number,Number) -- see binomial -- binomial coefficient
• ceiling(Number) -- ceiling function
• clean(RR,Number) -- see clean -- Set to zero elements that are approximately zero
• columnAdd(MutableMatrix,ZZ,Number,ZZ) -- see columnAdd -- add a multiple of one column to another
• columnMult(MutableMatrix,ZZ,Number) -- see columnMult -- multiply a column by a ring element
• conjugate(Number) -- see conjugate(CC) -- complex conjugate
• Constant / Number -- see Constant
• Constant ^ Number -- see Constant
• Number / Constant -- see Constant
• Number ^ Constant -- see Constant
• Constant == Number (missing documentation)
• Constant ? Number (missing documentation)
• contract(Matrix,Number) -- see contract(Matrix,Matrix) -- contract a matrix by a matrix
• contract(Number,Matrix) -- see contract(Matrix,Matrix) -- contract a matrix by a matrix
• contract(Number,RingElement) -- see contract(Matrix,Matrix) -- contract a matrix by a matrix
• contract(Number,Vector) -- see contract(Matrix,Matrix) -- contract a matrix by a matrix
• contract(RingElement,Number) -- see contract(Matrix,Matrix) -- contract a matrix by a matrix
• contract(Vector,Number) -- see contract(Matrix,Matrix) -- contract a matrix by a matrix
• floor(Number) -- floor function
• Ideal + Number (missing documentation)
• ideal(Number) -- see ideal(RingElement) -- make an ideal
• imaginaryPart(Number) -- see imaginaryPart -- imaginary part
• integrate(Function,Constant,Number) -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• integrate(Function,InfiniteNumber,Number) -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• integrate(Function,Number,Constant) -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• integrate(Function,Number,InfiniteNumber) -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• integrate(Function,Number,Number) -- see integrate -- numerical integration
• isANumber(Number) -- see isANumber -- whether a number is not not-a-number
• isc(Number) (missing documentation)
• isFinite(Number) -- see isFinite -- whether a number is finite
• isHomogeneous(Number) (missing documentation)
• isInfinite(Number) -- see isInfinite -- whether a number is infinite
• isMember(Number,Ideal) -- see isMember(RingElement,Ideal) -- test membership in an ideal
• isUnit(Number) -- see isUnit -- whether a ring element is a unit
• lift(Matrix,type of Number) -- see lift -- lift to another ring
• Number ^ Ring -- see lift -- lift to another ring
• Number ^ RingFamily -- see lift -- lift to another ring
• lift(Module,type of Number) (missing documentation)
• lift(MutableMatrix,type of Number) (missing documentation)
• lift(Vector,type of Number) (missing documentation)
• liftable(Constant,type of Number) (missing documentation)
• List % Number (missing documentation)
• List // Number (missing documentation)
• listForm(Number) (missing documentation)
• map(Module,Module,Number) -- see map(Module,Module,RingElement) -- construct the map induced by multiplication by a ring element on the generators
• Matrix \\ Number (missing documentation)
• Matrix | Number -- see Matrix | Matrix -- join matrices horizontally
• Number | Matrix -- see Matrix | Matrix -- join matrices horizontally
• Matrix || Number -- see Matrix || Matrix -- join matrices vertically
• Number || Matrix -- see Matrix || Matrix -- join matrices vertically
• matrix(Number) -- see matrix(RingElement) -- make a matrix from a ring element
• nextPrime(Number) -- see nextPrime -- compute the smallest prime greater than or equal to a given number
• norm(InfiniteNumber,Number) -- see norm
• norm(Number) -- see norm
• norm(RR,Number) -- see norm
• Number * Tally (missing documentation)
• Number * VirtualTally (missing documentation)
• Number + Ideal (missing documentation)
• Number == Constant (missing documentation)
• Number ? Constant (missing documentation)
• Number \\ Matrix (missing documentation)
• numeric(Number) -- see numeric -- convert to floating point
• numeric(ZZ,Number) -- see numeric -- convert to floating point
• part(InfiniteNumber,InfiniteNumber,Number) (missing documentation)
• part(InfiniteNumber,ZZ,Number) (missing documentation)
• part(ZZ,InfiniteNumber,Number) (missing documentation)
• part(ZZ,Number) (missing documentation)
• part(ZZ,ZZ,Number) (missing documentation)
• precision(Number) -- see precision
• Number _ Ring -- see promote -- promote to another ring
• quotientRemainder(Number,RingElement) -- see quotientRemainder(RingElement,RingElement) -- quotient and remainder
• quotientRemainder(RingElement,Number) -- see quotientRemainder(RingElement,RingElement) -- quotient and remainder
• realPart(Number) -- see realPart -- real part
• ring(Number) -- see ring -- get the associated ring of an object
• RingElement Number -- see RingElement Sequence -- evaluation of polynomials
• rowAdd(MutableMatrix,ZZ,Number,ZZ) -- see rowAdd -- add a multiple of one row to another
• rowMult(MutableMatrix,ZZ,Number) -- see rowMult -- multiply a row by a ring element
• substitute(Number,Ring) -- see substitute -- substituting values for variables
• substitute(Number,RingFamily) -- see substitute -- substituting values for variables
• truncate(Number) -- round a number toward zero
• vector(Module,Number) -- see vector -- make a vector
• vector(Number) -- see vector -- make a vector

Fixed objects of class Number :

• maxAllowableThreads -- the maximum possible number of simultaneously running tasks
• maxExponent
• minExponent
• printingTimeLimit

For the programmer

The object Number is a type, with ancestor class Thing.