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Glen Whitney 0dbb95bbbe feat(polynomialRoot) (#57)
Implements a simply polynomial root finder function
polynomialRoot, intended to be used for benchmarking
against mathjs.

For this purpose, adds numerous other functions (e.g.
cbrt, arg, cis), refactors sqrt (so that you can
definitely get the complex square root when you want
it), and makes numerous enhancements to the core so
that a template can match after conversions.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #57
2022-12-01 17:47:20 +00:00
Glen Whitney 31add66f4c feat: Return type annotations (#53)
Provides the infrastructure to allow annotating the return types of functions, and does so for essentially every operation in the system (the only known exceptions being add, multiply, etc., on arbitrarily many arguments).

One main infrastructure enhancements are bounded template types, e.g. `T:number` being a template parameter where T can take on the type `number` or any subtype thereof.

A main internal enhancement is that base template types are no longer added to the typed universe; rather, there is a secondary, "meta" typed universe where they live. The primary point/purpose of this change is then the necessary search order for implementations can be much better modeled by typed-function's search order, using the `onMismatch` facility to redirect the search from fully instantiated implementations to the generic catchall implementations for each template (these catchalls live in the meta universe).

Numerous other small improvements and bugfixes were encountered along the way.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #53
2022-08-30 19:36:44 +00:00
Glen Whitney bcbb24acd2 feat: Generic numerical types
Inspired by https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/discussions/2212 and
  https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/issues/2585.

  Provides a simple adapter function `adapted` which takes a class
  implementing an arithmetical datatype and returns a PocomathInstance
  with a new type for that class, invoking the methods of the class
  in a standard way for the Pocomath/mathjs operations.  (That instance
  can then be installed in another to add the new type to any instance
  you like, including the default one.)

  Uses this facility to bring fraction.js Fraction into Pocomath, and
  tests the resulting type.

  Currently the "standard" interface for an arithmetical type is heavily modeled
  after the design of fraction.js, but with experience with other 3rd-party types
  it could be streamlined to something pretty generic (and the Fraction
  adaptation could be patched to conform to the resulting "standard"). Or a
  proposal along the lines of https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/discussions/2212
  could be adopted, and a shim could be added to fraction.js to conform to
  **that** standard.

  Resolves #30.
2022-08-07 09:19:27 -07:00
Glen Whitney e26df5f4fc feat(quaternion): Add convenience quaternion creator function
Even in the setup just prior to this commit, a quaternion with entries
  of type `number` is simply a `Complex<Complex<number>>`
  So if we provide a convenience wrapper to create sucha thing, we
  instantly have a quaternion data type. All of the operations come for
  "free" if they were properly defined for the `Complex` template.
  Multiplication already was, `abs` needed a little tweak, but there is
  absolutely no "extra" code to support quaternions. (This commit
  does not go through and check all arithmetic functions for proper operation
  and tweak those that still need some generalization.)

  Note that with the recursive template instantiation, a limit had to be placed
  on template instantiation depth. The limit moves deeper as actual arguments
  that are deeper nested instantiations are seen, so as long as one doesn't
  immediately invoke a triply-nested template, for example, the limit will
  never prevent an actual computation. It just prevents a runaway in the types
  that Pocomath thinks it needs to know about. (Basically before, using the
  quaternion creator would produce `Complex<Complex<number>>`. Then when you
  called it again, Pocomath would think "Maybe I will need
  `Complex<Complex<Complex<number>>>`?!" and create that, even though it had
  never seen that, and then another level next time, and so on. The limit
  just stops this progression one level beyond any nesting depth that's
  actually been observed.
2022-08-06 20:13:50 -07:00
Glen Whitney 1444b9828f refactor(Complex): Now a template type!
This means that the real and imaginary parts of a Complex must now be
  the same type. This seems like a real benefit: a Complex with a number real
  part and a bigint imaginary part does not seem sensible.

  Note that this is now straining typed-function in (at least) the following
  ways:
  (1) In this change, it was necessary to remove the logic that the square root
      of a negative number calls complex square root, which then calls back
      to the number square root in its algorithm. (This was creating a circular
      reference in the typed-function which the old implementation of Complex
      was somehow sidestepping.)
  (2) typed-function could not follow conversions that would be allowed by
      uninstantiated templates (e.g. number => Complex<number> if the latter
      template has not been instantiated) and so the facility for
      instantiating a template was surfaced (and for example is called explicitly
      in the demo loader `extendToComplex`. Similarly, this necessitated
      making the unary signature of the `complex` conversion function explicit,
      rather than just via implicit conversion to Complex.
  (3) I find the order of implementations is mattering more in typed-function
      definitions, implying that typed-function's sorting algorithm is having
      trouble distinguishing alternatives.

  But otherwise, the conversion went quite smoothly and I think is a good demo
  of the power of this approach. And I expect that it will work even more
  smoothly if some of the underlying facilities (subtypes, template types) are
  integrated into typed-function.
2022-08-06 08:27:44 -07:00
Glen Whitney 845a2354c9 feat: Template types (#45)
Includes a full implementation of a type-homogeneous Tuple type, using the template types
  feature, as a demonstration/check of its operation.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #45
2022-08-05 12:48:57 +00:00
Glen Whitney 8418817f9f feat(install): Allow plain functions 2022-08-02 00:47:37 -07:00
Glen Whitney 814f660000 feat(Chain): add computation pipelines like mathjs
Also adds a `mean()` operation so there will be at least one operation
  that takes only a rest parameter, to exercise the ban on splitting
  such a parameter between the stored value and new arguments.
  Adds various tests of chains.

  Resolves #32.
2022-08-01 16:24:20 -07:00
Glen Whitney 7d1a435aa0 feat(floor): Provide example of op-centric organization 2022-08-01 08:28:21 -07:00
Glen Whitney fe54bc6004 feat: Template operations (#41)
Relational functions are added using templates, and existing generic functions are made more strict with them. Also a new built-in typeOf function is added, that automatically updates itself.

Resolves #34.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #41
2022-08-01 10:09:32 +00:00
Glen Whitney 102a7c42dc feat(Complex): support division 2022-07-31 11:08:07 -07:00
Glen Whitney c429c19dfe feat: Implement subtypes
This should eventually be moved into typed-function itself, but for
  now it can be implemented on top of the existing typed-function.

  Uses subtypes to define (and error-check) gcd and lcm, which are only
  defined for integer arguments.

  Resolves #36.
2022-07-30 04:59:04 -07:00
Glen Whitney 81127b8a9b test: Check for undefined types, as a means to detect typos in type names 2022-07-29 19:43:24 -07:00
Glen Whitney d9d7af961f refactor: Simpler merging mechanism
Merging of Pocomath modules is eased by allowing one PocomathInstance to
  be merged into another. That allows types, for example, to be exported
  as a PocomathInstance (so there is no need for a special identifier
  convention for types; they can be directly added with an installType
  method). Also, larger modules can just be exported as an instance, since
  there is more flexibility and more checking in merging PocomathInstances
  than raw modules.
2022-07-27 22:28:40 -07:00
Glen Whitney f68c7bd1fb fix(Types): Move distinct types into distinct identifiers
This allows types to be collected; prior to this commit they
   were conflicting from different modules.

   Uses this fix to extend sqrt to bigint, with the convention
   that it is undefined for non-perfect squares when 'predictable'
   is false and is the "best" approximation to the square root when
   'predictable' is true. Furthermore, for negative bigints, you might
   get a Gaussian integer when predictable is false; or you will just get
   your argument back when 'predictable' is true because what other
   bigint could you give back for a negative bigint?

   Also had to modify tests on the sign in sqrt(Complex) and add functions
   'zero' and 'one' to get types to match, as expected in #27.

   Adds numerous tests.

   Resolves #26.
   Resolves #27.
2022-07-25 11:56:12 -07:00
Glen Whitney 91ec20edd8 feat: Implement signature-specifc reference
Also implements a config object that upon change, lazily invalidates
  all operations that access it.

  Also allows references to signatures with nonexistent types (which
  typed-function does not); they come back as undefined.

  Uses these features to implement sqrt for number and complex.

  Resolves #7.
2022-07-25 04:20:13 -07:00
Glen Whitney 358f68fbbd feat(Types): Improve type spec and ignore signatures that use unknown type 2022-07-24 12:52:23 -07:00
Glen Whitney 9fb3aa2959 feat: Switch to function-based specification of dependencies
Allows dependencies to be economically expressed and used.
  For example, see the new definition of subtract.
  Credit for the basic idea goes to James Drew, see
  https://stackoverflow.com/a/41525264

  Resolves #21.
2022-07-23 09:55:02 -07:00
Glen Whitney 4fdafc751e feat: Add a couple of ways to install generics safely. (#18)
Resolves #10.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #18
2022-07-23 02:41:59 +00:00
Glen Whitney b72212d929 fix: Prevent PocomathInstance from clobbering its own methods
Resolves #6.
2022-07-22 14:25:26 -07:00
Glen Whitney 0069597a76 fix: Separate typed instance for each PocomathInstance (#15)
Also starts each PocomathInstance with no types at all, and uses the new
  situation to eliminate the need for a Complex "base case".

  Resolves #14.
  Resolves #13.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #15
2022-07-22 20:49:14 +00:00
Glen Whitney a16d6a5ce3 feat: Add all remaining features of original Picomath PoC (#5)
Namely, a README describing the proof-of-concept,
  a custom selective loader, and some additional tests.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #5
2022-07-19 19:37:52 +00:00
Glen Whitney 84a8b9d5c4 feat: Allow self-reference in implementations (#4)
This PR also uses such self-reference to define negate and add
  for Complex numbers in a way that is independent of component types.

  Also adds a bigint type and verifies that pocomath will then handle
  Gaussian integers "for free".

  Ensures that if one function is invalidated, then any that depend on it will be.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #4
2022-07-19 18:54:22 +00:00
Glen Whitney b82336e590 feat: Add complex numbers
No negation (and therefore no subtraction) since that needs self-reference.
2022-07-19 09:52:16 -07:00
Glen Whitney b59a8c2ca9 feat: Allow nonrecursive whole-function dependencies (#2)
And implement negate on numbers, and use dependencies to define subtract.

Co-authored-by: Glen Whitney <glen@studioinfinity.org>
Reviewed-on: #2
2022-07-19 03:10:55 +00:00
Glen Whitney c5384e0ee7 feat: First operational instance with just add 2022-07-18 17:08:49 -07:00