long-decimal 0.01.01 → 0.01.02

data/doc/classes/LongMath.html

@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@
   <div id="contextContent">
     <div id="diagram">
       <map id="map" name="map">
-  <area shape="RECT" coords="5,6,85,54"      href="Comparable.html" alt="Comparable">
-  <area shape="RECT" coords="43,102,123,150"      href="LongMath/CacheKey.html" alt="CacheKey">
-  <area shape="RECT" coords="109,6,264,54"      href="LongDecimalRoundingMode.html" alt="LongDecimalRoundingMode">
-  <area shape="RECT" coords="32,68,160,160"      href="LongMath.html" alt="LongMath">
+  <area shape="rect" coords="7,7,84,55"      href="Comparable.html" alt="Comparable" />
+  <area shape="rect" coords="44,103,122,151"      href="LongMath/CacheKey.html" alt="CacheKey" />
+  <area shape="rect" coords="108,7,260,55"      href="LongDecimalRoundingMode.html" alt="LongDecimalRoundingMode" />
+  <area shape="rect" coords="34,69,159,161"      href="LongMath.html" alt="LongMath" />
 </map>
-<img src="../dot/m_0_0.png" usemap="#map" border=0 alt="Module: LongMath">
+<img src="../dot/m_0_0.png" usemap="#map" border="0" alt="dot/m_0_0.png">
     </div>
 
     <div id="description">
@@ -101,42 +101,42 @@ href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a> instead of Float.
       <h3 class="section-bar">Methods</h3>
 
       <div class="name-list">
-      <a href="#M000147">calc_iprec_for_power</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000120">check_is_int</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000121">check_is_ld</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000123">check_is_mode</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000122">check_is_prec</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000119">check_word_len</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000135">exp</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000137">exp10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000136">exp2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000138">exp_internal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000139">exp_raw</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000130">gcd_with_high_power</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000133">int_digits10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000149">ipower</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000142">log</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000143">log10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000144">log2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000145">log_internal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000146">log_raw</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000125">merge_from_words</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000132">multiplicity_of_10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000131">multiplicity_of_factor</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000134">pi</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000148">power</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000150">power_internal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000124">split_to_words</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000140">sqrt</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000141">sqrt_with_remainder</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000126">sqrtb</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000127">sqrtb_with_remainder</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000128">sqrtw</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000129">sqrtw_with_remainder</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000153">standard_imode</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000154">standard_imode=</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000151">standard_mode</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-      <a href="#M000152">standard_mode=</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000152">calc_iprec_for_power</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000125">check_is_int</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000126">check_is_ld</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000128">check_is_mode</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000127">check_is_prec</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000124">check_word_len</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000140">exp</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000142">exp10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000141">exp2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000143">exp_internal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000144">exp_raw</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000135">gcd_with_high_power</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000138">int_digits10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000154">ipower</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000147">log</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000148">log10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000149">log2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000150">log_internal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000151">log_raw</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000130">merge_from_words</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000137">multiplicity_of_10</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000136">multiplicity_of_factor</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000139">pi</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000153">power</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000155">power_internal</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000129">split_to_words</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000145">sqrt</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000146">sqrt_with_remainder</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000131">sqrtb</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000132">sqrtb_with_remainder</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000133">sqrtw</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000134">sqrtw_with_remainder</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000158">standard_imode</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000159">standard_imode=</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000156">standard_mode</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+      <a href="#M000157">standard_mode=</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
       </div>
     </div>
 
@@ -209,46 +209,48 @@ href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a> instead of Float.
     <div id="methods">
       <h3 class="section-bar">Public Class methods</h3>
 
-      <div id="method-M000147" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000147"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000152" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000152"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000147.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000147.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000152.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000152.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">calc_iprec_for_power</span><span class="method-args">(x, y, prec)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-internal helper method for calculating the internal precision for power
+internal helper method for calculating the internal precision for <a
+href="LongMath.html#M000153">power</a>
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000120" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000120"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000125" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000125"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000120.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000120.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000125.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000125.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">check_is_int</span><span class="method-args">(x, name=&quot;x&quot;)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-helper method for internal use: checks if parameter x is an Integer
+helper method for internal use: checks if parameter x is an <a
+href="Integer.html">Integer</a>
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000121" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000121"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000126" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000126"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000121.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000121.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000126.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000126.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">check_is_ld</span><span class="method-args">(x, name=&quot;x&quot;)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -261,12 +263,12 @@ href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000123" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000123"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000128" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000128"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000123.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000123.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000128.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000128.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">check_is_mode</span><span class="method-args">(mode, name=&quot;mode&quot;)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -279,12 +281,12 @@ helper method for internal use: checks if parameter x is a rounding mode
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000122" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000122"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000127" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000127"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000122.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000122.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000127.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000127.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">check_is_prec</span><span class="method-args">(prec, name=&quot;prec&quot;)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -297,12 +299,12 @@ for the precision (scale) of a <a href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000119" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000119"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000124" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000124"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000119.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000119.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000124.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000124.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">check_word_len</span><span class="method-args">(word_len, name=&quot;word_len&quot;)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -315,12 +317,12 @@ splitting a number into parts
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000135" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000135"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000140" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000140"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000135.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000135.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000140.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000140.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">exp</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec, mode = LongMath.standard_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -337,12 +339,12 @@ future versions.
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000137" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000137"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000142" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000142"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000137.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000137.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000142.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000142.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">exp10</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec, mode = LongMath.standard_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -358,12 +360,12 @@ with the exponential function that exceed the memory.
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000136" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000136"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000141" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000141"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000136.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000136.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000141.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000141.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">exp2</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec, mode = LongMath.standard_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -379,68 +381,71 @@ with the exponential function that exceed the memory.
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000138" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000138"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000143" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000143"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000138.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000138.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000143.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000143.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">exp_internal</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec = nil, final_mode = LongMath.standard_mode, j = nil, k = nil, iprec = nil, mode = LongMath.standard_imode, cache_result = true)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-internal functionality of exp. exposes some more parameters, that should
-usually be set to defaut values, in order to allow better testing. do not
-actually call this method unless you are testing exp. create a bug report,
-if the default settings for the parameters do not work correctly
+internal functionality of <a href="LongMath.html#M000140">exp</a>. exposes
+some more parameters, that should usually be set to defaut values, in order
+to allow better testing. do not actually call this method unless you are
+testing <a href="LongMath.html#M000140">exp</a>. create a bug report, if
+the default settings for the parameters do not work correctly
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000139" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000139"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000144" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000144"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000139.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000139.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000144.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000144.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">exp_raw</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec, j, k, iprec, mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-calculation of exp(x) with precision used internally. Needs to be rounded
-to be accurate to all digits that are provided.
+calculation of <a href="LongMath.html#M000140">exp</a>(x) with precision
+used internally. Needs to be rounded to be accurate to all digits that are
+provided.
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000130" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000130"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000135" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000135"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000130.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000130.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000135.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000135.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">gcd_with_high_power</span><span class="method-args">(x, b)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-find the gcd of an Integer x with b**n0 where n0 is a sufficiently high
-exponent such that gcd(x, b**m) = gcd(x, b**n) for all m, n &gt;= n0
+find the gcd of an <a href="Integer.html">Integer</a> x with b**n0 where n0
+is a sufficiently high exponent such that gcd(x, b**m) = gcd(x, b**n) for
+all m, n &gt;= n0
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000133" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000133"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000138" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000138"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000133.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000133.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000138.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000138.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">int_digits10</span><span class="method-args">(n)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -452,31 +457,32 @@ find number of digits in base 10 needed to express the given number n
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000149" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000149"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000154" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000154"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000149.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000149.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000154.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000154.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">ipower</span><span class="method-args">(x, y, prec, mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-internal functionality to calculate the y-th power of x assuming that y is
-an integer prec is a hint on how much internal precision is needed at most
-final rounding is left to the caller
+internal functionality to calculate the y-th <a
+href="LongMath.html#M000153">power</a> of x assuming that y is an integer
+prec is a hint on how much internal precision is needed at most final
+rounding is left to the caller
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000142" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000142"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000147" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000147"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000142.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000142.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000147.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000147.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">log</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec, mode = LongMath.standard_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -489,12 +495,12 @@ href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>.
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000143" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000143"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000148" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000148"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000143.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000143.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000148.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000148.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">log10</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec, mode = LongMath.standard_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -507,12 +513,12 @@ href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>.
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000144" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000144"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000149" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000149"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000144.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000144.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000149.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000149.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">log2</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec, mode = LongMath.standard_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -525,50 +531,52 @@ href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>.
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000145" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000145"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000150" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000150"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000145.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000145.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000150.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000150.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">log_internal</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec = nil, final_mode = LongMath.standard_mode, iprec = nil, mode = LongMath.standard_imode, cache_result = true)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-internal functionality of log. exposes some more parameters, that should
-usually be set to defaut values, in order to allow better testing. do not
-actually call this method unless you are testing log. create a bug report,
-if the default settings for the parameters do not work correctly
+internal functionality of <a href="LongMath.html#M000147">log</a>. exposes
+some more parameters, that should usually be set to defaut values, in order
+to allow better testing. do not actually call this method unless you are
+testing <a href="LongMath.html#M000147">log</a>. create a bug report, if
+the default settings for the parameters do not work correctly
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000146" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000146"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000151" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000151"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000146.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000146.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000151.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000151.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">log_raw</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec, iprec, mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-calculate log with all digits used internally. result needs to be rounded
-in order to ensure that all digits that are provided are correct.
+calculate <a href="LongMath.html#M000147">log</a> with all digits used
+internally. result needs to be rounded in order to ensure that all digits
+that are provided are correct.
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000125" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000125"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000130" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000130"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000125.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000125.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000130.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000130.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">merge_from_words</span><span class="method-args">(words, word_len = 32)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -576,17 +584,17 @@ in order to ensure that all digits that are provided are correct.
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
 concatenate numbers given in words as bit patterns (the opposite of <a
-href="LongMath.html#M000124">split_to_words</a>)
+href="LongMath.html#M000129">split_to_words</a>)
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000132" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000132"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000137" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000137"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000132.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000132.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000137.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000137.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">multiplicity_of_10</span><span class="method-args">(n)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -598,156 +606,159 @@ how many times can n be divided by 10?
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000131" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000131"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000136" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000136"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000131.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000131.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000136.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000136.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">multiplicity_of_factor</span><span class="method-args">(x, prime_number)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-Find the exponent of the highest power of prime number p that divides the
-Integer x. Only works for prime numbers p (parameter prime_number). The
-caller has to make sure that p (parameter prime_number) is actually a prime
-number, because checks for primality actually cost something and should not
-be duplicated more than necessary. This method works even for numbers x
-that exceed the range of Float
+Find the exponent of the highest <a href="LongMath.html#M000153">power</a>
+of prime number p that divides the <a href="Integer.html">Integer</a> x.
+Only works for prime numbers p (parameter prime_number). The caller has to
+make sure that p (parameter prime_number) is actually a prime number,
+because checks for primality actually cost something and should not be
+duplicated more than necessary. This method works even for numbers x that
+exceed the range of Float
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000134" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000134"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000139" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000139"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000134.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000134.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000139.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000139.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">pi</span><span class="method-args">(prec, final_mode = LongMath.standard_mode, iprec = nil, mode = nil, cache_result = true)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-method for calculating pi to the given number of digits after the decimal
-point. It works fine for 1000 or 2000 digits or so. This method could be
-optimized more, but if you really want to go for more digits, you will find
-a specialized and optimized program for this specific purpose, probably
-written in C or C++. Since calculation of pi is not what should typically
-be done with <a href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>, you may consider
-this method to be the easter egg of <a
-href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>. ;-) parameters prec precision of
-the end result final_mode rounding mode to be used when creating the end
-result iprec precision used internally mode rounding_mode used internally
-cache_result should the result be cached? Set to false, if an extraordinary
-long result is really needed only once
+method for calculating <a href="LongMath.html#M000139">pi</a> to the given
+number of digits after the decimal point. It works fine for 1000 or 2000
+digits or so. This method could be optimized more, but if you really want
+to go for more digits, you will find a specialized and optimized program
+for this specific purpose, probably written in C or C++. Since calculation
+of <a href="LongMath.html#M000139">pi</a> is not what should typically be
+done with <a href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>, you may consider this
+method to be the easter egg of <a href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>.
+;-) parameters prec precision of the end result final_mode rounding mode to
+be used when creating the end result iprec precision used internally mode
+rounding_mode used internally cache_result should the result be cached? Set
+to false, if an extraordinary long result is really needed only once
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000148" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000148"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000153" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000153"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000148.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000148.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000153.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000153.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">power</span><span class="method-args">(x, y, prec, mode = LongMath.standard_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-calc the power of x with exponent y to the given precision as <a
-href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>. Only supports values of y such
-that exp(y) still fits into a float (y &lt;= 709)
+calc the <a href="LongMath.html#M000153">power</a> of x with exponent y to
+the given precision as <a href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>. Only
+supports values of y such that <a href="LongMath.html#M000140">exp</a>(y)
+still fits into a float (y &lt;= 709)
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000150" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000150"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000155" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000155"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000150.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000150.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000155.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000155.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">power_internal</span><span class="method-args">(x, y, prec = nil, final_mode = LongMath.standard_mode, iprec = nil, mode = LongMath.standard_imode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-internal functionality of exp. exposes some more parameters, that should
-usually be set to defaut values, in order to allow better testing. do not
-actually call this method unless you are testing exp. create a bug report,
-if the default settings for the parameters do not work correctly
+internal functionality of <a href="LongMath.html#M000140">exp</a>. exposes
+some more parameters, that should usually be set to defaut values, in order
+to allow better testing. do not actually call this method unless you are
+testing <a href="LongMath.html#M000140">exp</a>. create a bug report, if
+the default settings for the parameters do not work correctly
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000124" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000124"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000129" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000129"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000124.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000124.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000129.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000129.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">split_to_words</span><span class="method-args">(x, word_len = 32)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-split number (Integer) x into parts of word_len bits each such that the
-concatenation of these parts as bit patterns is x (the opposite of <a
-href="LongMath.html#M000125">merge_from_words</a>)
+split number (<a href="Integer.html">Integer</a>) x into parts of word_len
+bits each such that the concatenation of these parts as bit patterns is x
+(the opposite of <a href="LongMath.html#M000130">merge_from_words</a>)
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000140" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000140"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000145" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000145"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000140.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000140.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000145.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000145.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">sqrt</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec, mode = LongMath.standard_mode)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-calculate approximation of sqrt of a <a
+calculate approximation of <a href="LongMath.html#M000145">sqrt</a> of a <a
 href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a>.
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000141" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000141"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000146" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000146"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000141.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000141.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000146.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000146.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">sqrt_with_remainder</span><span class="method-args">(x, prec)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
       
         <div class="method-description">
           <p>
-calculate approximation of sqrt of a <a
+calculate approximation of <a href="LongMath.html#M000145">sqrt</a> of a <a
 href="LongDecimal.html">LongDecimal</a> with remainder
 </p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000126" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000126"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000131" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000131"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000126.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000126.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000131.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000131.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">sqrtb</span><span class="method-args">(x)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -760,12 +771,12 @@ result is rounded to an integer y such that y**2
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000127" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000127"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000132" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000132"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000127.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000127.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000132.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000132.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">sqrtb_with_remainder</span><span class="method-args">(x)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -782,12 +793,12 @@ result is rounded to an integer y such that y**2
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000128" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000128"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000133" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000133"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000128.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000128.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000133.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000133.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">sqrtw</span><span class="method-args">(x, n = 16)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -803,12 +814,12 @@ integer y such that y**2
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000129" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000129"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000134" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000134"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000129.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000129.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000134.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000134.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">sqrtw_with_remainder</span><span class="method-args">(x, n = 16)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -829,12 +840,12 @@ integer y such that y**2
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000153" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000153"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000158" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000158"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000153.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000153.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000158.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000158.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">standard_imode</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -843,12 +854,12 @@ integer y such that y**2
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000154" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000154"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000159" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000159"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000154.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000154.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000159.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000159.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">standard_imode=</span><span class="method-args">(x)</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -857,12 +868,12 @@ integer y such that y**2
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000151" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000151"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000156" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000156"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000151.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000151.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000156.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000156.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">standard_mode</span><span class="method-args">()</span>
           </a>
         </div>
@@ -871,12 +882,12 @@ integer y such that y**2
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div id="method-M000152" class="method-detail">
-        <a name="M000152"></a>
+      <div id="method-M000157" class="method-detail">
+        <a name="M000157"></a>
 
         <div class="method-heading">
-          <a href="LongMath.src/M000152.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
-            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000152.html');return false;">
+          <a href="LongMath.src/M000157.html" target="Code" class="method-signature"
+            onclick="popupCode('LongMath.src/M000157.html');return false;">
           <span class="method-name">standard_mode=</span><span class="method-args">(x)</span>
           </a>
         </div>