# Numerics library

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The C++ numerics library includes common mathematical functions and types, as well as optimized numeric arrays and support for random number generation.

## Mathematical functions and types

### Common mathematical functions

The header `cmath` provides standard C library mathematical functions such as std::fabs, std::sqrt, and std::sin.

### Mathematical special functions

The header `cmath` also provides several mathematical special functions such as std::beta, std::hermite, and std::cyl_bessel_i.

(since C++17)

### Complex number arithmetic

Defined in header `<complex>`
complex | a complex number type (class template)

### Numeric arrays

Defined in header `<valarray>`
valarray | numeric arrays, array masks and array slices (class template)

## Numeric algorithms

The header `numeric` provides numeric algorithms below:

### Factor operations

Defined in header `<numeric>`
gcd (C++17) | `constexpr` function template returning the greatest common divisor of two integers (function template)
lcm (C++17) | `constexpr` function template returning the least common multiple of two integers (function template)

### Numeric operations

Defined in header `<numeric>`
iota (C++11) | fills a range with successive increments of the starting value (function template)
accumulate | sums up a range of elements (function template)
reduce (C++17) | similar to std::accumulate, except out of order (function template)
transform_reduce (C++17) | applies a functor, then reduces out of order (function template)
inner_product | computes the inner product of two ranges of elements (function template)
adjacent_difference | computes the differences between adjacent elements in a range (function template)
partial_sum | computes the partial sum of a range of elements (function template)
inclusive_scan (C++17) | similar to std::partial_sum, includes the ith input element in the ith sum (function template)
exclusive_scan (C++17) | similar to std::partial_sum, excludes the ith input element from the ith sum (function template)
transform_inclusive_scan (C++17) | applies a functor, then calculates inclusive scan (function template)
transform_exclusive_scan (C++17) | applies a functor, then calculates exclusive scan (function template)

## Miscellanous

### Pseudo-random number generation

The header `random` defines pseudo-random number generators and numerical distributions. The header `cstdlib` also includes C-style random number generation via std::srand and std::rand.

### Compile time rational arithmetic (since C++11)

The header `ratio` provides types and functions for manipulating and storing compile-time ratios.

### Floating-point environment(since C++11)

The header `cfenv` defines flags and functions related to exceptional floating-point state, such as overflow and division by zero.

### See also

C documentation for Numerics

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