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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2016-03-19 22:13:18 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2016-03-19 22:13:18 +0000 |
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parent | 4f476d8d94c0d15e98b145f8674621c8b309fe39 (diff) |
xint (19mar16)
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/xint/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/xint/README index b3ad2a4b5e3..0f09abb700e 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/xint/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/xint/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - Source: xint.dtx 1.2f 2016/03/12 (doc 2016/03/12) + Source: xint.dtx 1.2g 2016/03/19 (doc 2016/03/19) Author: Jean-Francois Burnol Info: Expandable operations on big integers, decimals, fractions License: LPPL 1.3c @@ -15,18 +15,24 @@ as sourcexint.pdf. AIM -The basic aim is provide _expandable_ computations on big integers, and -also big fractions. For example +The basic aim is provide _expandable_ computations on integers, +fractions, and floating point numbers. For example \xinttheexpr reduce(37189719/183618963+11390170/17310720)^17\relax will evaluate exactly the fraction (the result has 462 characters -including the fraction slash). One can also work with dummy variables. -For example +including the fraction slash). One can also work with dummy variables: \xinttheexpr mul(add(x(x+1)(x+2), x=y..y+15), y=171286,98762,9296)\relax -evaluates to 15979066346135829902328007959448563667099190784. +(evaluates to 15979066346135829902328007959448563667099190784.) + +Float computations are possible at an adjustable precision (default 16). + + \xintthefloatexpr 123456789^1000.5\relax + +Mathematical functions (apart from sqrt which achieves correct rounding +in arbitrary precision) are yet to be implemented. It is possible to use the package with Plain as well as with LaTeX. |