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Mathematica inbuilt (pre-defined) mathematical functions

Here is a list of some useful (and obviously defined) mathematical functions:

Name Description  
     
Sqrt[x] square root of x  
Exp[x] exponential $e^x$  
Log[x] natural logarithm of x (i.e. base e)  
Log[b,x] logarithm of x base b  
Factorial[n] factorial of n  
     
Sin[x] trigonometric functions, with the arguments in radians!  
Cos[x]    
Tan[x]    
     
ArcSin[x] inverse trigonometric functions  
ArcCos[x]    
ArcTan[x]    
     
Sinh[x] hyperbolic trigonometric functions  
Cosh[x]    
Tanh[x]    
     
ArcSinh[x] inverse hyperbolic trigonometric functions  
ArcCosh[x]    
ArcTanh[x]    
     
Abs[z] absolute value of x (even when z is a complex number)  
Re[z] real part  
Im[z] imaginary part  
Arg[z] argument of x (normally used when z is a complex number)  
Conjugate[z] complex conjugate of z  
     
Round[x] closest integer to x  
IntegerPart[x] integer part of x  
Mod[k, x] k modulo n, i.e. the remainder of  
  k when its divided by n  


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Chris Allton 2006-12-01