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:mod:`math` --- Mathematical functions
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.. module:: math
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:synopsis: Mathematical functions (sin() etc.).
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This module is always available. It provides access to the mathematical
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functions defined by the C standard.
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These functions cannot be used with complex numbers; use the functions of the
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same name from the :mod:`cmath` module if you require support for complex
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numbers. The distinction between functions which support complex numbers and
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those which don't is made since most users do not want to learn quite as much
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mathematics as required to understand complex numbers. Receiving an exception
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instead of a complex result allows earlier detection of the unexpected complex
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number used as a parameter, so that the programmer can determine how and why it
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was generated in the first place.
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The following functions are provided by this module. Except when explicitly
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noted otherwise, all return values are floats.
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Number-theoretic and representation functions:
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.. function:: ceil(x)
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Return the ceiling of *x* as a float, the smallest integer value greater than
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or equal to *x*. If *x* is not a float, delegates to ``x.__ceil__()``, which
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should return an :class:`Integral` value.
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.. function:: copysign(x, y)
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Return *x* with the sign of *y*. ``copysign`` copies the sign bit of an IEEE
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754 float, ``copysign(1, -0.0)`` returns *-1.0*.
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..versionadded:: 2.6
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.. function:: fabs(x)
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Return the absolute value of *x*.
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.. function:: floor(x)
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Return the floor of *x* as a float, the largest integer value less than or
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equal to *x*. If *x* is not a float, delegates to ``x.__floor__()``, which
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should return an :class:`Integral` value.
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.. function:: fmod(x, y)
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Return ``fmod(x, y)``, as defined by the platform C library. Note that the
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Python expression ``x % y`` may not return the same result. The intent of the C
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standard is that ``fmod(x, y)`` be exactly (mathematically; to infinite
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precision) equal to ``x - n*y`` for some integer *n* such that the result has
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the same sign as *x* and magnitude less than ``abs(y)``. Python's ``x % y``
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returns a result with the sign of *y* instead, and may not be exactly computable
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for float arguments. For example, ``fmod(-1e-100, 1e100)`` is ``-1e-100``, but
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the result of Python's ``-1e-100 % 1e100`` is ``1e100-1e-100``, which cannot be
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represented exactly as a float, and rounds to the surprising ``1e100``. For
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this reason, function :func:`fmod` is generally preferred when working with
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floats, while Python's ``x % y`` is preferred when working with integers.
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.. function:: frexp(x)
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Return the mantissa and exponent of *x* as the pair ``(m, e)``. *m* is a float
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and *e* is an integer such that ``x == m * 2**e`` exactly. If *x* is zero,
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returns ``(0.0, 0)``, otherwise ``0.5 <= abs(m) < 1``. This is used to "pick
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apart" the internal representation of a float in a portable way.
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.. function:: isinf(x)
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Checks if the float *x* is positive or negative infinite.
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..versionadded:: 2.6
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.. function:: isnan(x)
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Checks if the float *x* is a NaN (not a number). NaNs are part of the
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IEEE 754 standards. Operation like but not limited to ``inf * 0``,
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``inf / inf`` or any operation involving a NaN, e.g. ``nan * 1``, return
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a NaN.
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..versionadded:: 2.6
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.. function:: ldexp(x, i)
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Return ``x * (2**i)``. This is essentially the inverse of function
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:func:`frexp`.
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.. function:: modf(x)
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Return the fractional and integer parts of *x*. Both results carry the sign of
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*x*, and both are floats.
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Note that :func:`frexp` and :func:`modf` have a different call/return pattern
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than their C equivalents: they take a single argument and return a pair of
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values, rather than returning their second return value through an 'output
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parameter' (there is no such thing in Python).
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For the :func:`ceil`, :func:`floor`, and :func:`modf` functions, note that *all*
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floating-point numbers of sufficiently large magnitude are exact integers.
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Python floats typically carry no more than 53 bits of precision (the same as the
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platform C double type), in which case any float *x* with ``abs(x) >= 2**52``
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necessarily has no fractional bits.
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Power and logarithmic functions:
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.. function:: exp(x)
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Return ``e**x``.
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.. function:: log(x[, base])
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Return the logarithm of *x* to the given *base*. If the *base* is not specified,
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return the natural logarithm of *x* (that is, the logarithm to base *e*).
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.. versionchanged:: 2.3
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*base* argument added.
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.. function:: log10(x)
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Return the base-10 logarithm of *x*.
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.. function:: pow(x, y)
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Return ``x**y``.
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.. function:: sqrt(x)
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Return the square root of *x*.
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Trigonometric functions:
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.. function:: acos(x)
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Return the arc cosine of *x*, in radians.
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.. function:: asin(x)
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Return the arc sine of *x*, in radians.
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.. function:: atan(x)
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Return the arc tangent of *x*, in radians.
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.. function:: atan2(y, x)
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Return ``atan(y / x)``, in radians. The result is between ``-pi`` and ``pi``.
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The vector in the plane from the origin to point ``(x, y)`` makes this angle
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with the positive X axis. The point of :func:`atan2` is that the signs of both
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inputs are known to it, so it can compute the correct quadrant for the angle.
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For example, ``atan(1``) and ``atan2(1, 1)`` are both ``pi/4``, but ``atan2(-1,
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-1)`` is ``-3*pi/4``.
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.. function:: cos(x)
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Return the cosine of *x* radians.
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.. function:: hypot(x, y)
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Return the Euclidean norm, ``sqrt(x*x + y*y)``. This is the length of the vector
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from the origin to point ``(x, y)``.
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.. function:: sin(x)
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Return the sine of *x* radians.
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.. function:: tan(x)
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Return the tangent of *x* radians.
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Angular conversion:
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.. function:: degrees(x)
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Converts angle *x* from radians to degrees.
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.. function:: radians(x)
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Converts angle *x* from degrees to radians.
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Hyperbolic functions:
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.. function:: cosh(x)
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Return the hyperbolic cosine of *x*.
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.. function:: sinh(x)
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Return the hyperbolic sine of *x*.
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.. function:: tanh(x)
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Return the hyperbolic tangent of *x*.
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The module also defines two mathematical constants:
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.. data:: pi
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The mathematical constant *pi*.
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.. data:: e
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The mathematical constant *e*.
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.. note::
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The :mod:`math` module consists mostly of thin wrappers around the platform C
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math library functions. Behavior in exceptional cases is loosely specified
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by the C standards, and Python inherits much of its math-function
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error-reporting behavior from the platform C implementation. As a result,
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the specific exceptions raised in error cases (and even whether some
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arguments are considered to be exceptional at all) are not defined in any
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useful cross-platform or cross-release way. For example, whether
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``math.log(0)`` returns ``-Inf`` or raises :exc:`ValueError` or
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:exc:`OverflowError` isn't defined, and in cases where ``math.log(0)`` raises
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:exc:`OverflowError`, ``math.log(0L)`` may raise :exc:`ValueError` instead.
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.. seealso::
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Module :mod:`cmath`
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Complex number versions of many of these functions.
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