Math.js is an extensive math library for JavaScript and Node.js. It features a flexible expression parser with support for symbolic computation, comes with a large set of built-in functions and constants, and offers an integrated solution to work with different data types like numbers, big numbers, complex numbers, fractions, units, and matrices. Powerful and easy to use.
- Supports numbers, big numbers, complex numbers, fractions, units, strings, arrays, and matrices.
- Is compatible with JavaScript's built-in Math library.
- Contains a flexible expression parser.
- Does symbolic computation.
- Comes with a large set of built-in functions and constants.
- Can be used as a command line application as well.
- Runs on any JavaScript engine.
- Is easily extensible.
- Open source.
Math.js can be used in both node.js and in the browser.
Install math.js using npm:
npm install mathjs
Note that when using mathjs in a TypeScript project, you will have to install type definition files too:
npm install @types/mathjs.
Or download mathjs via one of the CDN's listed on the downloads page:
http://mathjs.org/download.html
Math.js can be used similar to JavaScript's built-in Math library. Besides that, math.js can evaluate expressions and supports chained operations.
// load math.js
const math = require('mathjs')
// functions and constants
math.round(math.e, 3) // 2.718
math.atan2(3, -3) / math.pi // 0.75
math.log(10000, 10) // 4
math.sqrt(-4) // 2i
math.pow([[-1, 2], [3, 1]], 2) // [[7, 0], [0, 7]]
math.derivative('x^2 + x', 'x') // 2 * x + 1
// expressions
math.eval('12 / (2.3 + 0.7)') // 4
math.eval('12.7 cm to inch') // 5 inch
math.eval('sin(45 deg) ^ 2') // 0.5
math.eval('9 / 3 + 2i') // 3 + 2i
math.eval('det([-1, 2 3, 1])') // -7
// chaining
math.chain(3)
.add(4)
.multiply(2)
.done() // 14See the Getting Started for a more detailed tutorial.
Math.js works on any ES5 compatible JavaScript engine: node.js 4 or newer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and IE11.
Though there is no official support for older browsers, math.js should still work on older browsers when using the es5-shim.
First clone the project from github:
git clone git://github.com/josdejong/mathjs.git
cd mathjs
Install the project dependencies:
npm install
Then, the project can be build by executing the build script via npm:
npm run build
This will build the library math.js and math.min.js from the source files and put them in the folder dist.
To execute tests for the library, install the project dependencies once:
npm install
Then, the tests can be executed:
npm test
Additionally, the tests can be run on FireFox using headless mode:
npm run test:browser
To run the tests remotely on BrowserStack, first set the environment variables BROWSER_STACK_USERNAME and BROWSER_STACK_ACCESS_KEY with your username and access key and then execute:
npm run test:browserstack
To test code coverage of the tests:
npm run coverage
To see the coverage results, open the generated report in your browser:
./coverage/lcov-report/index.html
Continuous integration tests are run on Travis CI and BrowserStack every time a commit is pushed to github. The test results can be checked on https://travis-ci.org/josdejong/mathjs. Travis CI runs the tests for different versions of node.js, and BrowserStack runs the tests are run on all major browsers.
Thanks Travis CI and BrowserStack for the generous free hosting of this open source project!
Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Jos de Jong wjosdejong@gmail.com
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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