The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition

Chapter 22. Numerics

	The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.
	--R.W. Hamming

	... but for the student, numbers are often the best road to insight.
	--A. Ralston

Introduction — numeric limits — mathematical functions — valarray — vector operations — slices — slice_array — elimination of temporaries — gslice_array — mask_array — indirect_array — complex — generalized algorithms — random numbers — advice — exercises.

Introduction

It is rare to write any real code without doing some calculation. However, most code requires little mathematics beyond simple arithmetic. This chapter presents the facilities the standard library offers to people who go beyond that.

Neither C nor C++ were designed primarily with numeric computation in mind. However, ...