bashlets-math

Math package for the bashlets project.

Specifically, this package contains the following modules:

• bashlets.math.bc: Interface to the bc calculator
• bashlets.math.historical: Historical algorithms
• bashlets.math.poly: Polynomials

Installing

First install the bashlets core distribution.

Then it is enough to do:

$ bashlets-install math

Examples

Calculate basic constants to (almost) arbitrary precision

$ source bashlets math::bc::constants
$ bash$$ constants calculate phi 60

1.618033988749894848204586834365638117720309179805762862135448

Calculate Pi by Viète's formula

$ source bashlets math::historical::constant
$ bash$$ constant pi_by_viete

3.14159