<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Arithmetic - Untitled</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Untitled"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="prev" href="Matrix-Manipulation.html#Matrix-Manipulation" title="Matrix Manipulation"> <link rel="next" href="Linear-Algebra.html#Linear-Algebra" title="Linear Algebra"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Arithmetic"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Linear-Algebra.html#Linear-Algebra">Linear Algebra</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Matrix-Manipulation.html#Matrix-Manipulation">Matrix Manipulation</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="index.html#Top">Top</a> <hr> </div> <h2 class="chapter">17 Arithmetic</h2> <p>Unless otherwise noted, all of the functions described in this chapter will work for real and complex scalar, vector, or matrix arguments. Functions described as <dfn>mapping functions</dfn> apply the given operation individually to each element when given a matrix argument. For example, <pre class="example"> sin ([1, 2; 3, 4]) ⇒ 0.84147 0.90930 0.14112 -0.75680 </pre> <ul class="menu"> <li><a accesskey="1" href="Exponents-and-Logarithms.html#Exponents-and-Logarithms">Exponents and Logarithms</a> <li><a accesskey="2" href="Complex-Arithmetic.html#Complex-Arithmetic">Complex Arithmetic</a> <li><a accesskey="3" href="Trigonometry.html#Trigonometry">Trigonometry</a> <li><a accesskey="4" href="Sums-and-Products.html#Sums-and-Products">Sums and Products</a> <li><a accesskey="5" href="Utility-Functions.html#Utility-Functions">Utility Functions</a> <li><a accesskey="6" href="Special-Functions.html#Special-Functions">Special Functions</a> <li><a accesskey="7" href="Coordinate-Transformations.html#Coordinate-Transformations">Coordinate Transformations</a> <li><a accesskey="8" href="Mathematical-Constants.html#Mathematical-Constants">Mathematical Constants</a> </ul> </body></html>