NAME

Math::Symbolic::Custom::DefaultTests - Default Math::Symbolic tree tests

SYNOPSIS

use Math::Symbolic;

DESCRIPTION

This is a class of default tests for Math::Symbolic trees. Likewise, Math::Symbolic::Custom::DefaultMods defines default tree transformation routines. For details on how the custom method delegation model works, please have a look at the Math::Symbolic::Custom and Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base classes.

EXPORT

Please see the docs for Math::Symbolic::Custom::Base for details, but you should not try to use the standard Exporter semantics with this class.

SUBROUTINES

is_integer()

is_integer() returns a boolean.

It returns true (1) if the tree is a constant object representing an integer value. It does not compute the value of the tree. (eg. '5*10' is not considered an integer, but '50' is.)

It returns false (0) otherwise.

is_simple_constant()

is_simple_constant() returns a boolean.

It returns true (1) if the tree consists of only constants and operators. As opposed to is_constant(), is_simple_constant() does not apply derivatives if necessary.

It returns false (0) otherwise.

is_constant()

is_constant() returns a boolean.

It returns true (1) if the tree consists of only constants and operators or if it becomes a tree of only constants and operators after application of derivatives.

It returns false (0) otherwise.

If you need not pay the price of applying derivatives, you should use the is_simple_constant() method instead.

is_identical()

is_identical() returns a boolean.

It compares the tree it is called on to its first argument. If the first argument is not a Math::Symbolic tree, it is sent through the parser.

is_identical() returns true (1) if the trees are completely identical. That includes operands of commutating operators having the same order, etc. This does not test of mathematical equivalence! (Which is much, much harder to test for. If you know how to, please let me know!)

It returns false (0) otherwise.

is_identical_base

is_identical_base() returns a boolean.

It compares the tree it is called on to its first argument. If the first argument is not a Math::Symbolic tree, it is sent through the parser.

is_identical_base() returns true (1) if the trees are identical or if they are exponentiations with the same base. The same gotchas that apply to is_identical apply here, too.

For example, 'x*y' and '(x*y)^e' result in a true return value because 'x*y' is equal to '(x*y)^1' and this has the same base as '(x*y)^e'.

It returns false (0) otherwise.

is_sum()

(beta)

is_constant() returns a boolean.

It returns true (1) if the tree contains no variables (because it can then be evaluated to a single constant which is a sum). It also returns true if it is a sum or difference of constants and variables. Furthermore, it is true for products of integers and constants because those products are really sums of variables. If none of the above cases match, it applies all derivatives and tries again.

It returns false (0) otherwise.

Please contact the author in case you encounter bugs in the specs or implementation. The heuristics aren't all that great.

AUTHOR

Please send feedback, bug reports, and support requests to the Math::Symbolic support mailing list: math-symbolic-support at lists dot sourceforge dot net. Please consider letting us know how you use Math::Symbolic. Thank you.

If you're interested in helping with the development or extending the module's functionality, please contact the developers' mailing list: math-symbolic-develop at lists dot sourceforge dot net.

List of contributors:

Steffen Müller, symbolic-module at steffen-mueller dot net
Stray Toaster, mwk at users dot sourceforge dot net

SEE ALSO

New versions of this module can be found on http://steffen-mueller.net or CPAN. The module development takes place on Sourceforge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/math-symbolic/

Math::Symbolic::Custom Math::Symbolic::Custom::DefaultMods Math::Symbolic

cpanm Math::Symbolic

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Math::Symbolic