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Copyright (c) 2004-2005, The Dojo Foundation
All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Academic Free License version 2.1 or above OR the
modified BSD license. For more information on Dojo licensing, see:
http://dojotoolkit.org/community/licensing.shtml
*/
dojo.provide("dojo.math");
dojo.math.degToRad = function (x) { return (x*Math.PI) / 180; }
dojo.math.radToDeg = function (x) { return (x*180) / Math.PI; }
dojo.math.factorial = function (n) {
if(n<1){ return 0; }
var retVal = 1;
for(var i=1;i<=n;i++){ retVal *= i; }
return retVal;
}
//The number of ways of obtaining an ordered subset of k elements from a set of n elements
dojo.math.permutations = function (n,k) {
if(n==0 || k==0) return 1;
return (dojo.math.factorial(n) / dojo.math.factorial(n-k));
}
//The number of ways of picking n unordered outcomes from r possibilities
dojo.math.combinations = function (n,r) {
if(n==0 || r==0) return 1;
return (dojo.math.factorial(n) / (dojo.math.factorial(n-r) * dojo.math.factorial(r)));
}
dojo.math.bernstein = function (t,n,i) {
return (dojo.math.combinations(n,i) * Math.pow(t,i) * Math.pow(1-t,n-i));
}
/**
* Returns random numbers with a Gaussian distribution, with the mean set at
* 0 and the variance set at 1.
*
* @return A random number from a Gaussian distribution
*/
dojo.math.gaussianRandom = function () {
var k = 2;
do {
var i = 2 * Math.random() - 1;
var j = 2 * Math.random() - 1;
k = i * i + j * j;
} while (k >= 1);
k = Math.sqrt((-2 * Math.log(k)) / k);
return i * k;
}
/**
* Calculates the mean of an Array of numbers.
*
* @return The mean of the numbers in the Array
*/
dojo.math.mean = function () {
var array = dojo.lang.isArray(arguments[0]) ? arguments[0] : arguments;
var mean = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) { mean += array[i]; }
return mean / array.length;
}
/**
* Extends Math.round by adding a second argument specifying the number of
* decimal places to round to.
*
* @param number The number to round
* @param places The number of decimal places to round to
* @return The rounded number
*/
// TODO: add support for significant figures
dojo.math.round = function (number, places) {
if (!places) { var shift = 1; }
else { var shift = Math.pow(10, places); }
return Math.round(number * shift) / shift;
}
/**
* Calculates the standard deviation of an Array of numbers
*
* @return The standard deviation of the numbers
*/
dojo.math.sd = function () {
var array = dojo.lang.isArray(arguments[0]) ? arguments[0] : arguments;
return Math.sqrt(dojo.math.variance(array));
}
/**
* Calculates the variance of an Array of numbers
*
* @return The variance of the numbers
*/
dojo.math.variance = function () {
var array = dojo.lang.isArray(arguments[0]) ? arguments[0] : arguments;
var mean = 0, squares = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
mean += array[i];
squares += Math.pow(array[i], 2);
}
return (squares / array.length)
- Math.pow(mean / array.length, 2);
}
/**
* Like range() in python
**/
dojo.math.range = function(a, b, step) {
if(arguments.length < 2) {
b = a;
a = 0;
}
if(arguments.length < 3) {
step = 1;
}
var range = [];
if(step > 0) {
for(var i = a; i < b; i += step) {
range.push(i);
}
} else if(step < 0) {
for(var i = a; i > b; i += step) {
range.push(i);
}
} else {
throw new Error("dojo.math.range: step must be non-zero");
}
return range;
}