xref: /external/apache-commons-math/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/util/MathUtils.java

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
 * The ASF licenses this file to You 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
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package org.apache.commons.math.util;

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Arrays;

import org.apache.commons.math.MathRuntimeException;
import org.apache.commons.math.exception.util.Localizable;
import org.apache.commons.math.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
import org.apache.commons.math.exception.NonMonotonousSequenceException;

/**
 * Some useful additions to the built-in functions in {@link Math}.
 * @version $Revision: 1073472 $ $Date: 2011-02-22 20:49:07 +0100 (mar. 22 févr. 2011) $
 */
public final class MathUtils {

    /** Smallest positive number such that 1 - EPSILON is not numerically equal to 1. */
    public static final double EPSILON = 0x1.0p-53;

    /** Safe minimum, such that 1 / SAFE_MIN does not overflow.
     * <p>In IEEE 754 arithmetic, this is also the smallest normalized
     * number 2<sup>-1022</sup>.</p>
     */
    public static final double SAFE_MIN = 0x1.0p-1022;

    /**
     * 2 &pi;.
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public static final double TWO_PI = 2 * FastMath.PI;

    /** -1.0 cast as a byte. */
    private static final byte  NB = (byte)-1;

    /** -1.0 cast as a short. */
    private static final short NS = (short)-1;

    /** 1.0 cast as a byte. */
    private static final byte  PB = (byte)1;

    /** 1.0 cast as a short. */
    private static final short PS = (short)1;

    /** 0.0 cast as a byte. */
    private static final byte  ZB = (byte)0;

    /** 0.0 cast as a short. */
    private static final short ZS = (short)0;

    /** Gap between NaN and regular numbers. */
    private static final int NAN_GAP = 4 * 1024 * 1024;

    /** Offset to order signed double numbers lexicographically. */
    private static final long SGN_MASK = 0x8000000000000000L;

    /** Offset to order signed double numbers lexicographically. */
    private static final int SGN_MASK_FLOAT = 0x80000000;

    /** All long-representable factorials */
    private static final long[] FACTORIALS = new long[] {
                       1l,                  1l,                   2l,
                       6l,                 24l,                 120l,
                     720l,               5040l,               40320l,
                  362880l,            3628800l,            39916800l,
               479001600l,         6227020800l,         87178291200l,
           1307674368000l,     20922789888000l,     355687428096000l,
        6402373705728000l, 121645100408832000l, 2432902008176640000l };

    /**
     * Private Constructor
     */
    private MathUtils() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * Add two integers, checking for overflow.
     *
     * @param x an addend
     * @param y an addend
     * @return the sum <code>x+y</code>
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result can not be represented as an
     *         int
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static int addAndCheck(int x, int y) {
        long s = (long)x + (long)y;
        if (s < Integer.MIN_VALUE || s > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(LocalizedFormats.OVERFLOW_IN_ADDITION, x, y);
        }
        return (int)s;
    }

    /**
     * Add two long integers, checking for overflow.
     *
     * @param a an addend
     * @param b an addend
     * @return the sum <code>a+b</code>
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result can not be represented as an
     *         long
     * @since 1.2
     */
    public static long addAndCheck(long a, long b) {
        return addAndCheck(a, b, LocalizedFormats.OVERFLOW_IN_ADDITION);
    }

    /**
     * Add two long integers, checking for overflow.
     *
     * @param a an addend
     * @param b an addend
     * @param pattern the pattern to use for any thrown exception.
     * @return the sum <code>a+b</code>
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result can not be represented as an
     *         long
     * @since 1.2
     */
    private static long addAndCheck(long a, long b, Localizable pattern) {
        long ret;
        if (a > b) {
            // use symmetry to reduce boundary cases
            ret = addAndCheck(b, a, pattern);
        } else {
            // assert a <= b

            if (a < 0) {
                if (b < 0) {
                    // check for negative overflow
                    if (Long.MIN_VALUE - b <= a) {
                        ret = a + b;
                    } else {
                        throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(pattern, a, b);
                    }
                } else {
                    // opposite sign addition is always safe
                    ret = a + b;
                }
            } else {
                // assert a >= 0
                // assert b >= 0

                // check for positive overflow
                if (a <= Long.MAX_VALUE - b) {
                    ret = a + b;
                } else {
                    throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(pattern, a, b);
                }
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an exact representation of the <a
     * href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BinomialCoefficient.html"> Binomial
     * Coefficient</a>, "<code>n choose k</code>", the number of
     * <code>k</code>-element subsets that can be selected from an
     * <code>n</code>-element set.
     * <p>
     * <Strong>Preconditions</strong>:
     * <ul>
     * <li> <code>0 <= k <= n </code> (otherwise
     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown)</li>
     * <li> The result is small enough to fit into a <code>long</code>. The
     * largest value of <code>n</code> for which all coefficients are
     * <code> < Long.MAX_VALUE</code> is 66. If the computed value exceeds
     * <code>Long.MAX_VALUE</code> an <code>ArithMeticException</code> is
     * thrown.</li>
     * </ul></p>
     *
     * @param n the size of the set
     * @param k the size of the subsets to be counted
     * @return <code>n choose k</code>
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if preconditions are not met.
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result is too large to be represented
     *         by a long integer.
     */
    public static long binomialCoefficient(final int n, final int k) {
        checkBinomial(n, k);
        if ((n == k) || (k == 0)) {
            return 1;
        }
        if ((k == 1) || (k == n - 1)) {
            return n;
        }
        // Use symmetry for large k
        if (k > n / 2)
            return binomialCoefficient(n, n - k);

        // We use the formula
        // (n choose k) = n! / (n-k)! / k!
        // (n choose k) == ((n-k+1)*...*n) / (1*...*k)
        // which could be written
        // (n choose k) == (n-1 choose k-1) * n / k
        long result = 1;
        if (n <= 61) {
            // For n <= 61, the naive implementation cannot overflow.
            int i = n - k + 1;
            for (int j = 1; j <= k; j++) {
                result = result * i / j;
                i++;
            }
        } else if (n <= 66) {
            // For n > 61 but n <= 66, the result cannot overflow,
            // but we must take care not to overflow intermediate values.
            int i = n - k + 1;
            for (int j = 1; j <= k; j++) {
                // We know that (result * i) is divisible by j,
                // but (result * i) may overflow, so we split j:
                // Filter out the gcd, d, so j/d and i/d are integer.
                // result is divisible by (j/d) because (j/d)
                // is relative prime to (i/d) and is a divisor of
                // result * (i/d).
                final long d = gcd(i, j);
                result = (result / (j / d)) * (i / d);
                i++;
            }
        } else {
            // For n > 66, a result overflow might occur, so we check
            // the multiplication, taking care to not overflow
            // unnecessary.
            int i = n - k + 1;
            for (int j = 1; j <= k; j++) {
                final long d = gcd(i, j);
                result = mulAndCheck(result / (j / d), i / d);
                i++;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a <code>double</code> representation of the <a
     * href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BinomialCoefficient.html"> Binomial
     * Coefficient</a>, "<code>n choose k</code>", the number of
     * <code>k</code>-element subsets that can be selected from an
     * <code>n</code>-element set.
     * <p>
     * <Strong>Preconditions</strong>:
     * <ul>
     * <li> <code>0 <= k <= n </code> (otherwise
     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown)</li>
     * <li> The result is small enough to fit into a <code>double</code>. The
     * largest value of <code>n</code> for which all coefficients are <
     * Double.MAX_VALUE is 1029. If the computed value exceeds Double.MAX_VALUE,
     * Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY is returned</li>
     * </ul></p>
     *
     * @param n the size of the set
     * @param k the size of the subsets to be counted
     * @return <code>n choose k</code>
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if preconditions are not met.
     */
    public static double binomialCoefficientDouble(final int n, final int k) {
        checkBinomial(n, k);
        if ((n == k) || (k == 0)) {
            return 1d;
        }
        if ((k == 1) || (k == n - 1)) {
            return n;
        }
        if (k > n/2) {
            return binomialCoefficientDouble(n, n - k);
        }
        if (n < 67) {
            return binomialCoefficient(n,k);
        }

        double result = 1d;
        for (int i = 1; i <= k; i++) {
             result *= (double)(n - k + i) / (double)i;
        }

        return FastMath.floor(result + 0.5);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the natural <code>log</code> of the <a
     * href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BinomialCoefficient.html"> Binomial
     * Coefficient</a>, "<code>n choose k</code>", the number of
     * <code>k</code>-element subsets that can be selected from an
     * <code>n</code>-element set.
     * <p>
     * <Strong>Preconditions</strong>:
     * <ul>
     * <li> <code>0 <= k <= n </code> (otherwise
     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown)</li>
     * </ul></p>
     *
     * @param n the size of the set
     * @param k the size of the subsets to be counted
     * @return <code>n choose k</code>
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if preconditions are not met.
     */
    public static double binomialCoefficientLog(final int n, final int k) {
        checkBinomial(n, k);
        if ((n == k) || (k == 0)) {
            return 0;
        }
        if ((k == 1) || (k == n - 1)) {
            return FastMath.log(n);
        }

        /*
         * For values small enough to do exact integer computation,
         * return the log of the exact value
         */
        if (n < 67) {
            return FastMath.log(binomialCoefficient(n,k));
        }

        /*
         * Return the log of binomialCoefficientDouble for values that will not
         * overflow binomialCoefficientDouble
         */
        if (n < 1030) {
            return FastMath.log(binomialCoefficientDouble(n, k));
        }

        if (k > n / 2) {
            return binomialCoefficientLog(n, n - k);
        }

        /*
         * Sum logs for values that could overflow
         */
        double logSum = 0;

        // n!/(n-k)!
        for (int i = n - k + 1; i <= n; i++) {
            logSum += FastMath.log(i);
        }

        // divide by k!
        for (int i = 2; i <= k; i++) {
            logSum -= FastMath.log(i);
        }

        return logSum;
    }

    /**
     * Check binomial preconditions.
     * @param n the size of the set
     * @param k the size of the subsets to be counted
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if preconditions are not met.
     */
    private static void checkBinomial(final int n, final int k)
        throws IllegalArgumentException {
        if (n < k) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                LocalizedFormats.BINOMIAL_INVALID_PARAMETERS_ORDER,
                n, k);
        }
        if (n < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                  LocalizedFormats.BINOMIAL_NEGATIVE_PARAMETER,
                  n);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Compares two numbers given some amount of allowed error.
     *
     * @param x the first number
     * @param y the second number
     * @param eps the amount of error to allow when checking for equality
     * @return <ul><li>0 if  {@link #equals(double, double, double) equals(x, y, eps)}</li>
     *       <li>&lt; 0 if !{@link #equals(double, double, double) equals(x, y, eps)} &amp;&amp; x &lt; y</li>
     *       <li>> 0 if !{@link #equals(double, double, double) equals(x, y, eps)} &amp;&amp; x > y</li></ul>
     */
    public static int compareTo(double x, double y, double eps) {
        if (equals(x, y, eps)) {
            return 0;
        } else if (x < y) {
          return -1;
        }
        return 1;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HyperbolicCosine.html">
     * hyperbolic cosine</a> of x.
     *
     * @param x double value for which to find the hyperbolic cosine
     * @return hyperbolic cosine of x
     */
    public static double cosh(double x) {
        return (FastMath.exp(x) + FastMath.exp(-x)) / 2.0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true iff they are strictly equal.
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @return {@code true} if the values are equal.
     * @deprecated as of 2.2 his method considers that {@code NaN == NaN}. In release
     * 3.0, the semantics will change in order to comply with IEEE754 where it
     * is specified that {@code NaN != NaN}.
     * New methods have been added for those cases wher the old semantics is
     * useful (see e.g. {@link #equalsIncludingNaN(float,float)
     * equalsIncludingNaN}.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean equals(float x, float y) {
        return (Float.isNaN(x) && Float.isNaN(y)) || x == y;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are NaN or neither is NaN and they are
     * equal as defined by {@link #equals(float,float,int) equals(x, y, 1)}.
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @return {@code true} if the values are equal or both are NaN.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(float x, float y) {
        return (Float.isNaN(x) && Float.isNaN(y)) || equals(x, y, 1);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are equal or within the range of allowed
     * error (inclusive).
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @param eps the amount of absolute error to allow.
     * @return {@code true} if the values are equal or within range of each other.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equals(float x, float y, float eps) {
        return equals(x, y, 1) || FastMath.abs(y - x) <= eps;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are NaN or are equal or within the range
     * of allowed error (inclusive).
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @param eps the amount of absolute error to allow.
     * @return {@code true} if the values are equal or within range of each other,
     * or both are NaN.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(float x, float y, float eps) {
        return equalsIncludingNaN(x, y) || (FastMath.abs(y - x) <= eps);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are equal or within the range of allowed
     * error (inclusive).
     * Two float numbers are considered equal if there are {@code (maxUlps - 1)}
     * (or fewer) floating point numbers between them, i.e. two adjacent floating
     * point numbers are considered equal.
     * Adapted from <a
     * href="http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm">
     * Bruce Dawson</a>
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @param maxUlps {@code (maxUlps - 1)} is the number of floating point
     * values between {@code x} and {@code y}.
     * @return {@code true} if there are fewer than {@code maxUlps} floating
     * point values between {@code x} and {@code y}.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equals(float x, float y, int maxUlps) {
        // Check that "maxUlps" is non-negative and small enough so that
        // NaN won't compare as equal to anything (except another NaN).
        assert maxUlps > 0 && maxUlps < NAN_GAP;

        int xInt = Float.floatToIntBits(x);
        int yInt = Float.floatToIntBits(y);

        // Make lexicographically ordered as a two's-complement integer.
        if (xInt < 0) {
            xInt = SGN_MASK_FLOAT - xInt;
        }
        if (yInt < 0) {
            yInt = SGN_MASK_FLOAT - yInt;
        }

        final boolean isEqual = FastMath.abs(xInt - yInt) <= maxUlps;

        return isEqual && !Float.isNaN(x) && !Float.isNaN(y);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are NaN or if they are equal as defined
     * by {@link #equals(float,float,int) equals(x, y, maxUlps)}.
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @param maxUlps {@code (maxUlps - 1)} is the number of floating point
     * values between {@code x} and {@code y}.
     * @return {@code true} if both arguments are NaN or if there are less than
     * {@code maxUlps} floating point values between {@code x} and {@code y}.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(float x, float y, int maxUlps) {
        return (Float.isNaN(x) && Float.isNaN(y)) || equals(x, y, maxUlps);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true iff both arguments are null or have same dimensions and all
     * their elements are equal as defined by
     * {@link #equals(float,float)}.
     *
     * @param x first array
     * @param y second array
     * @return true if the values are both null or have same dimension
     * and equal elements.
     * @deprecated as of 2.2 this method considers that {@code NaN == NaN}. In release
     * 3.0, the semantics will change in order to comply with IEEE754 where it
     * is specified that {@code NaN != NaN}.
     * New methods have been added for those cases where the old semantics is
     * useful (see e.g. {@link #equalsIncludingNaN(float[],float[])
     * equalsIncludingNaN}.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static boolean equals(float[] x, float[] y) {
        if ((x == null) || (y == null)) {
            return !((x == null) ^ (y == null));
        }
        if (x.length != y.length) {
            return false;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < x.length; ++i) {
            if (!equals(x[i], y[i])) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true iff both arguments are null or have same dimensions and all
     * their elements are equal as defined by
     * {@link #equalsIncludingNaN(float,float)}.
     *
     * @param x first array
     * @param y second array
     * @return true if the values are both null or have same dimension and
     * equal elements
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(float[] x, float[] y) {
        if ((x == null) || (y == null)) {
            return !((x == null) ^ (y == null));
        }
        if (x.length != y.length) {
            return false;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < x.length; ++i) {
            if (!equalsIncludingNaN(x[i], y[i])) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true iff both arguments are NaN or neither is NaN and they are
     * equal
     *
     * <p>This method considers that {@code NaN == NaN}. In release
     * 3.0, the semantics will change in order to comply with IEEE754 where it
     * is specified that {@code NaN != NaN}.
     * New methods have been added for those cases where the old semantics
     * (w.r.t. NaN) is useful (see e.g.
     * {@link #equalsIncludingNaN(double,double, double) equalsIncludingNaN}.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @return {@code true} if the values are equal.
     */
    public static boolean equals(double x, double y) {
        return (Double.isNaN(x) && Double.isNaN(y)) || x == y;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are NaN or neither is NaN and they are
     * equal as defined by {@link #equals(double,double,int) equals(x, y, 1)}.
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @return {@code true} if the values are equal or both are NaN.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(double x, double y) {
        return (Double.isNaN(x) && Double.isNaN(y)) || equals(x, y, 1);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are equal or within the range of allowed
     * error (inclusive).
     * <p>
     * Two NaNs are considered equals, as are two infinities with same sign.
     * </p>
     * <p>This method considers that {@code NaN == NaN}. In release
     * 3.0, the semantics will change in order to comply with IEEE754 where it
     * is specified that {@code NaN != NaN}.
     * New methods have been added for those cases where the old semantics
     * (w.r.t. NaN) is useful (see e.g.
     * {@link #equalsIncludingNaN(double,double, double) equalsIncludingNaN}.
     * </p>
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @param eps the amount of absolute error to allow.
     * @return {@code true} if the values are equal or within range of each other.
     */
    public static boolean equals(double x, double y, double eps) {
        return equals(x, y) || FastMath.abs(y - x) <= eps;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are NaN or are equal or within the range
     * of allowed error (inclusive).
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @param eps the amount of absolute error to allow.
     * @return {@code true} if the values are equal or within range of each other,
     * or both are NaN.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(double x, double y, double eps) {
        return equalsIncludingNaN(x, y) || (FastMath.abs(y - x) <= eps);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are equal or within the range of allowed
     * error (inclusive).
     * Two float numbers are considered equal if there are {@code (maxUlps - 1)}
     * (or fewer) floating point numbers between them, i.e. two adjacent floating
     * point numbers are considered equal.
     * Adapted from <a
     * href="http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm">
     * Bruce Dawson</a>
     *
     * <p>This method considers that {@code NaN == NaN}. In release
     * 3.0, the semantics will change in order to comply with IEEE754 where it
     * is specified that {@code NaN != NaN}.
     * New methods have been added for those cases where the old semantics
     * (w.r.t. NaN) is useful (see e.g.
     * {@link #equalsIncludingNaN(double,double, int) equalsIncludingNaN}.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @param maxUlps {@code (maxUlps - 1)} is the number of floating point
     * values between {@code x} and {@code y}.
     * @return {@code true} if there are fewer than {@code maxUlps} floating
     * point values between {@code x} and {@code y}.
     */
    public static boolean equals(double x, double y, int maxUlps) {
        // Check that "maxUlps" is non-negative and small enough so that
        // NaN won't compare as equal to anything (except another NaN).
        assert maxUlps > 0 && maxUlps < NAN_GAP;

        long xInt = Double.doubleToLongBits(x);
        long yInt = Double.doubleToLongBits(y);

        // Make lexicographically ordered as a two's-complement integer.
        if (xInt < 0) {
            xInt = SGN_MASK - xInt;
        }
        if (yInt < 0) {
            yInt = SGN_MASK - yInt;
        }

        return FastMath.abs(xInt - yInt) <= maxUlps;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if both arguments are NaN or if they are equal as defined
     * by {@link #equals(double,double,int) equals(x, y, maxUlps}.
     *
     * @param x first value
     * @param y second value
     * @param maxUlps {@code (maxUlps - 1)} is the number of floating point
     * values between {@code x} and {@code y}.
     * @return {@code true} if both arguments are NaN or if there are less than
     * {@code maxUlps} floating point values between {@code x} and {@code y}.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(double x, double y, int maxUlps) {
        return (Double.isNaN(x) && Double.isNaN(y)) || equals(x, y, maxUlps);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true iff both arguments are null or have same dimensions and all
     * their elements are equal as defined by
     * {@link #equals(double,double)}.
     *
     * <p>This method considers that {@code NaN == NaN}. In release
     * 3.0, the semantics will change in order to comply with IEEE754 where it
     * is specified that {@code NaN != NaN}.
     * New methods have been added for those cases wher the old semantics is
     * useful (see e.g. {@link #equalsIncludingNaN(double[],double[])
     * equalsIncludingNaN}.
     * </p>
     * @param x first array
     * @param y second array
     * @return true if the values are both null or have same dimension
     * and equal elements.
     */
    public static boolean equals(double[] x, double[] y) {
        if ((x == null) || (y == null)) {
            return !((x == null) ^ (y == null));
        }
        if (x.length != y.length) {
            return false;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < x.length; ++i) {
            if (!equals(x[i], y[i])) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true iff both arguments are null or have same dimensions and all
     * their elements are equal as defined by
     * {@link #equalsIncludingNaN(double,double)}.
     *
     * @param x first array
     * @param y second array
     * @return true if the values are both null or have same dimension and
     * equal elements
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static boolean equalsIncludingNaN(double[] x, double[] y) {
        if ((x == null) || (y == null)) {
            return !((x == null) ^ (y == null));
        }
        if (x.length != y.length) {
            return false;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < x.length; ++i) {
            if (!equalsIncludingNaN(x[i], y[i])) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Returns n!. Shorthand for <code>n</code> <a
     * href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Factorial.html"> Factorial</a>, the
     * product of the numbers <code>1,...,n</code>.
     * <p>
     * <Strong>Preconditions</strong>:
     * <ul>
     * <li> <code>n >= 0</code> (otherwise
     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown)</li>
     * <li> The result is small enough to fit into a <code>long</code>. The
     * largest value of <code>n</code> for which <code>n!</code> <
     * Long.MAX_VALUE</code> is 20. If the computed value exceeds <code>Long.MAX_VALUE</code>
     * an <code>ArithMeticException </code> is thrown.</li>
     * </ul>
     * </p>
     *
     * @param n argument
     * @return <code>n!</code>
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result is too large to be represented
     *         by a long integer.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if n < 0
     */
    public static long factorial(final int n) {
        if (n < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                  LocalizedFormats.FACTORIAL_NEGATIVE_PARAMETER,
                  n);
        }
        if (n > 20) {
            throw new ArithmeticException(
                    "factorial value is too large to fit in a long");
        }
        return FACTORIALS[n];
    }

    /**
     * Returns n!. Shorthand for <code>n</code> <a
     * href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Factorial.html"> Factorial</a>, the
     * product of the numbers <code>1,...,n</code> as a <code>double</code>.
     * <p>
     * <Strong>Preconditions</strong>:
     * <ul>
     * <li> <code>n >= 0</code> (otherwise
     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown)</li>
     * <li> The result is small enough to fit into a <code>double</code>. The
     * largest value of <code>n</code> for which <code>n!</code> <
     * Double.MAX_VALUE</code> is 170. If the computed value exceeds
     * Double.MAX_VALUE, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY is returned</li>
     * </ul>
     * </p>
     *
     * @param n argument
     * @return <code>n!</code>
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if n < 0
     */
    public static double factorialDouble(final int n) {
        if (n < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                  LocalizedFormats.FACTORIAL_NEGATIVE_PARAMETER,
                  n);
        }
        if (n < 21) {
            return factorial(n);
        }
        return FastMath.floor(FastMath.exp(factorialLog(n)) + 0.5);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the natural logarithm of n!.
     * <p>
     * <Strong>Preconditions</strong>:
     * <ul>
     * <li> <code>n >= 0</code> (otherwise
     * <code>IllegalArgumentException</code> is thrown)</li>
     * </ul></p>
     *
     * @param n argument
     * @return <code>n!</code>
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if preconditions are not met.
     */
    public static double factorialLog(final int n) {
        if (n < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                  LocalizedFormats.FACTORIAL_NEGATIVE_PARAMETER,
                  n);
        }
        if (n < 21) {
            return FastMath.log(factorial(n));
        }
        double logSum = 0;
        for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++) {
            logSum += FastMath.log(i);
        }
        return logSum;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Gets the greatest common divisor of the absolute value of two numbers,
     * using the "binary gcd" method which avoids division and modulo
     * operations. See Knuth 4.5.2 algorithm B. This algorithm is due to Josef
     * Stein (1961).
     * </p>
     * Special cases:
     * <ul>
     * <li>The invocations
     * <code>gcd(Integer.MIN_VALUE, Integer.MIN_VALUE)</code>,
     * <code>gcd(Integer.MIN_VALUE, 0)</code> and
     * <code>gcd(0, Integer.MIN_VALUE)</code> throw an
     * <code>ArithmeticException</code>, because the result would be 2^31, which
     * is too large for an int value.</li>
     * <li>The result of <code>gcd(x, x)</code>, <code>gcd(0, x)</code> and
     * <code>gcd(x, 0)</code> is the absolute value of <code>x</code>, except
     * for the special cases above.
     * <li>The invocation <code>gcd(0, 0)</code> is the only one which returns
     * <code>0</code>.</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param p any number
     * @param q any number
     * @return the greatest common divisor, never negative
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result cannot be represented as a
     * nonnegative int value
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static int gcd(final int p, final int q) {
        int u = p;
        int v = q;
        if ((u == 0) || (v == 0)) {
            if ((u == Integer.MIN_VALUE) || (v == Integer.MIN_VALUE)) {
                throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(
                        LocalizedFormats.GCD_OVERFLOW_32_BITS,
                        p, q);
            }
            return FastMath.abs(u) + FastMath.abs(v);
        }
        // keep u and v negative, as negative integers range down to
        // -2^31, while positive numbers can only be as large as 2^31-1
        // (i.e. we can't necessarily negate a negative number without
        // overflow)
        /* assert u!=0 && v!=0; */
        if (u > 0) {
            u = -u;
        } // make u negative
        if (v > 0) {
            v = -v;
        } // make v negative
        // B1. [Find power of 2]
        int k = 0;
        while ((u & 1) == 0 && (v & 1) == 0 && k < 31) { // while u and v are
                                                            // both even...
            u /= 2;
            v /= 2;
            k++; // cast out twos.
        }
        if (k == 31) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(
                    LocalizedFormats.GCD_OVERFLOW_32_BITS,
                    p, q);
        }
        // B2. Initialize: u and v have been divided by 2^k and at least
        // one is odd.
        int t = ((u & 1) == 1) ? v : -(u / 2)/* B3 */;
        // t negative: u was odd, v may be even (t replaces v)
        // t positive: u was even, v is odd (t replaces u)
        do {
            /* assert u<0 && v<0; */
            // B4/B3: cast out twos from t.
            while ((t & 1) == 0) { // while t is even..
                t /= 2; // cast out twos
            }
            // B5 [reset max(u,v)]
            if (t > 0) {
                u = -t;
            } else {
                v = t;
            }
            // B6/B3. at this point both u and v should be odd.
            t = (v - u) / 2;
            // |u| larger: t positive (replace u)
            // |v| larger: t negative (replace v)
        } while (t != 0);
        return -u * (1 << k); // gcd is u*2^k
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Gets the greatest common divisor of the absolute value of two numbers,
     * using the "binary gcd" method which avoids division and modulo
     * operations. See Knuth 4.5.2 algorithm B. This algorithm is due to Josef
     * Stein (1961).
     * </p>
     * Special cases:
     * <ul>
     * <li>The invocations
     * <code>gcd(Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MIN_VALUE)</code>,
     * <code>gcd(Long.MIN_VALUE, 0L)</code> and
     * <code>gcd(0L, Long.MIN_VALUE)</code> throw an
     * <code>ArithmeticException</code>, because the result would be 2^63, which
     * is too large for a long value.</li>
     * <li>The result of <code>gcd(x, x)</code>, <code>gcd(0L, x)</code> and
     * <code>gcd(x, 0L)</code> is the absolute value of <code>x</code>, except
     * for the special cases above.
     * <li>The invocation <code>gcd(0L, 0L)</code> is the only one which returns
     * <code>0L</code>.</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param p any number
     * @param q any number
     * @return the greatest common divisor, never negative
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result cannot be represented as a nonnegative long
     * value
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public static long gcd(final long p, final long q) {
        long u = p;
        long v = q;
        if ((u == 0) || (v == 0)) {
            if ((u == Long.MIN_VALUE) || (v == Long.MIN_VALUE)){
                throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(
                        LocalizedFormats.GCD_OVERFLOW_64_BITS,
                        p, q);
            }
            return FastMath.abs(u) + FastMath.abs(v);
        }
        // keep u and v negative, as negative integers range down to
        // -2^63, while positive numbers can only be as large as 2^63-1
        // (i.e. we can't necessarily negate a negative number without
        // overflow)
        /* assert u!=0 && v!=0; */
        if (u > 0) {
            u = -u;
        } // make u negative
        if (v > 0) {
            v = -v;
        } // make v negative
        // B1. [Find power of 2]
        int k = 0;
        while ((u & 1) == 0 && (v & 1) == 0 && k < 63) { // while u and v are
                                                            // both even...
            u /= 2;
            v /= 2;
            k++; // cast out twos.
        }
        if (k == 63) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(
                    LocalizedFormats.GCD_OVERFLOW_64_BITS,
                    p, q);
        }
        // B2. Initialize: u and v have been divided by 2^k and at least
        // one is odd.
        long t = ((u & 1) == 1) ? v : -(u / 2)/* B3 */;
        // t negative: u was odd, v may be even (t replaces v)
        // t positive: u was even, v is odd (t replaces u)
        do {
            /* assert u<0 && v<0; */
            // B4/B3: cast out twos from t.
            while ((t & 1) == 0) { // while t is even..
                t /= 2; // cast out twos
            }
            // B5 [reset max(u,v)]
            if (t > 0) {
                u = -t;
            } else {
                v = t;
            }
            // B6/B3. at this point both u and v should be odd.
            t = (v - u) / 2;
            // |u| larger: t positive (replace u)
            // |v| larger: t negative (replace v)
        } while (t != 0);
        return -u * (1L << k); // gcd is u*2^k
    }

    /**
     * Returns an integer hash code representing the given double value.
     *
     * @param value the value to be hashed
     * @return the hash code
     */
    public static int hash(double value) {
        return new Double(value).hashCode();
    }

    /**
     * Returns an integer hash code representing the given double array.
     *
     * @param value the value to be hashed (may be null)
     * @return the hash code
     * @since 1.2
     */
    public static int hash(double[] value) {
        return Arrays.hashCode(value);
    }

    /**
     * For a byte value x, this method returns (byte)(+1) if x >= 0 and
     * (byte)(-1) if x < 0.
     *
     * @param x the value, a byte
     * @return (byte)(+1) or (byte)(-1), depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static byte indicator(final byte x) {
        return (x >= ZB) ? PB : NB;
    }

    /**
     * For a double precision value x, this method returns +1.0 if x >= 0 and
     * -1.0 if x < 0. Returns <code>NaN</code> if <code>x</code> is
     * <code>NaN</code>.
     *
     * @param x the value, a double
     * @return +1.0 or -1.0, depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static double indicator(final double x) {
        if (Double.isNaN(x)) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }
        return (x >= 0.0) ? 1.0 : -1.0;
    }

    /**
     * For a float value x, this method returns +1.0F if x >= 0 and -1.0F if x <
     * 0. Returns <code>NaN</code> if <code>x</code> is <code>NaN</code>.
     *
     * @param x the value, a float
     * @return +1.0F or -1.0F, depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static float indicator(final float x) {
        if (Float.isNaN(x)) {
            return Float.NaN;
        }
        return (x >= 0.0F) ? 1.0F : -1.0F;
    }

    /**
     * For an int value x, this method returns +1 if x >= 0 and -1 if x < 0.
     *
     * @param x the value, an int
     * @return +1 or -1, depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static int indicator(final int x) {
        return (x >= 0) ? 1 : -1;
    }

    /**
     * For a long value x, this method returns +1L if x >= 0 and -1L if x < 0.
     *
     * @param x the value, a long
     * @return +1L or -1L, depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static long indicator(final long x) {
        return (x >= 0L) ? 1L : -1L;
    }

    /**
     * For a short value x, this method returns (short)(+1) if x >= 0 and
     * (short)(-1) if x < 0.
     *
     * @param x the value, a short
     * @return (short)(+1) or (short)(-1), depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static short indicator(final short x) {
        return (x >= ZS) ? PS : NS;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns the least common multiple of the absolute value of two numbers,
     * using the formula <code>lcm(a,b) = (a / gcd(a,b)) * b</code>.
     * </p>
     * Special cases:
     * <ul>
     * <li>The invocations <code>lcm(Integer.MIN_VALUE, n)</code> and
     * <code>lcm(n, Integer.MIN_VALUE)</code>, where <code>abs(n)</code> is a
     * power of 2, throw an <code>ArithmeticException</code>, because the result
     * would be 2^31, which is too large for an int value.</li>
     * <li>The result of <code>lcm(0, x)</code> and <code>lcm(x, 0)</code> is
     * <code>0</code> for any <code>x</code>.
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param a any number
     * @param b any number
     * @return the least common multiple, never negative
     * @throws ArithmeticException
     *             if the result cannot be represented as a nonnegative int
     *             value
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static int lcm(int a, int b) {
        if (a==0 || b==0){
            return 0;
        }
        int lcm = FastMath.abs(mulAndCheck(a / gcd(a, b), b));
        if (lcm == Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(
                LocalizedFormats.LCM_OVERFLOW_32_BITS,
                a, b);
        }
        return lcm;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * Returns the least common multiple of the absolute value of two numbers,
     * using the formula <code>lcm(a,b) = (a / gcd(a,b)) * b</code>.
     * </p>
     * Special cases:
     * <ul>
     * <li>The invocations <code>lcm(Long.MIN_VALUE, n)</code> and
     * <code>lcm(n, Long.MIN_VALUE)</code>, where <code>abs(n)</code> is a
     * power of 2, throw an <code>ArithmeticException</code>, because the result
     * would be 2^63, which is too large for an int value.</li>
     * <li>The result of <code>lcm(0L, x)</code> and <code>lcm(x, 0L)</code> is
     * <code>0L</code> for any <code>x</code>.
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param a any number
     * @param b any number
     * @return the least common multiple, never negative
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result cannot be represented as a nonnegative long
     * value
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public static long lcm(long a, long b) {
        if (a==0 || b==0){
            return 0;
        }
        long lcm = FastMath.abs(mulAndCheck(a / gcd(a, b), b));
        if (lcm == Long.MIN_VALUE){
            throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(
                LocalizedFormats.LCM_OVERFLOW_64_BITS,
                a, b);
        }
        return lcm;
    }

    /**
     * <p>Returns the
     * <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Logarithm.html">logarithm</a>
     * for base <code>b</code> of <code>x</code>.
     * </p>
     * <p>Returns <code>NaN<code> if either argument is negative.  If
     * <code>base</code> is 0 and <code>x</code> is positive, 0 is returned.
     * If <code>base</code> is positive and <code>x</code> is 0,
     * <code>Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY</code> is returned.  If both arguments
     * are 0, the result is <code>NaN</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param base the base of the logarithm, must be greater than 0
     * @param x argument, must be greater than 0
     * @return the value of the logarithm - the number y such that base^y = x.
     * @since 1.2
     */
    public static double log(double base, double x) {
        return FastMath.log(x)/FastMath.log(base);
    }

    /**
     * Multiply two integers, checking for overflow.
     *
     * @param x a factor
     * @param y a factor
     * @return the product <code>x*y</code>
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result can not be represented as an
     *         int
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static int mulAndCheck(int x, int y) {
        long m = ((long)x) * ((long)y);
        if (m < Integer.MIN_VALUE || m > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
            throw new ArithmeticException("overflow: mul");
        }
        return (int)m;
    }

    /**
     * Multiply two long integers, checking for overflow.
     *
     * @param a first value
     * @param b second value
     * @return the product <code>a * b</code>
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result can not be represented as an
     *         long
     * @since 1.2
     */
    public static long mulAndCheck(long a, long b) {
        long ret;
        String msg = "overflow: multiply";
        if (a > b) {
            // use symmetry to reduce boundary cases
            ret = mulAndCheck(b, a);
        } else {
            if (a < 0) {
                if (b < 0) {
                    // check for positive overflow with negative a, negative b
                    if (a >= Long.MAX_VALUE / b) {
                        ret = a * b;
                    } else {
                        throw new ArithmeticException(msg);
                    }
                } else if (b > 0) {
                    // check for negative overflow with negative a, positive b
                    if (Long.MIN_VALUE / b <= a) {
                        ret = a * b;
                    } else {
                        throw new ArithmeticException(msg);

                    }
                } else {
                    // assert b == 0
                    ret = 0;
                }
            } else if (a > 0) {
                // assert a > 0
                // assert b > 0

                // check for positive overflow with positive a, positive b
                if (a <= Long.MAX_VALUE / b) {
                    ret = a * b;
                } else {
                    throw new ArithmeticException(msg);
                }
            } else {
                // assert a == 0
                ret = 0;
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

    /**
     * Get the next machine representable number after a number, moving
     * in the direction of another number.
     * <p>
     * If <code>direction</code> is greater than or equal to<code>d</code>,
     * the smallest machine representable number strictly greater than
     * <code>d</code> is returned; otherwise the largest representable number
     * strictly less than <code>d</code> is returned.</p>
     * <p>
     * If <code>d</code> is NaN or Infinite, it is returned unchanged.</p>
     *
     * @param d base number
     * @param direction (the only important thing is whether
     * direction is greater or smaller than d)
     * @return the next machine representable number in the specified direction
     * @since 1.2
     * @deprecated as of 2.2, replaced by {@link FastMath#nextAfter(double, double)}
     * which handles Infinities differently, and returns direction if d and direction compare equal.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static double nextAfter(double d, double direction) {

        // handling of some important special cases
        if (Double.isNaN(d) || Double.isInfinite(d)) {
                return d;
        } else if (d == 0) {
                return (direction < 0) ? -Double.MIN_VALUE : Double.MIN_VALUE;
        }
        // special cases MAX_VALUE to infinity and  MIN_VALUE to 0
        // are handled just as normal numbers

        // split the double in raw components
        long bits     = Double.doubleToLongBits(d);
        long sign     = bits & 0x8000000000000000L;
        long exponent = bits & 0x7ff0000000000000L;
        long mantissa = bits & 0x000fffffffffffffL;

        if (d * (direction - d) >= 0) {
                // we should increase the mantissa
                if (mantissa == 0x000fffffffffffffL) {
                        return Double.longBitsToDouble(sign |
                                        (exponent + 0x0010000000000000L));
                } else {
                        return Double.longBitsToDouble(sign |
                                        exponent | (mantissa + 1));
                }
        } else {
                // we should decrease the mantissa
                if (mantissa == 0L) {
                        return Double.longBitsToDouble(sign |
                                        (exponent - 0x0010000000000000L) |
                                        0x000fffffffffffffL);
                } else {
                        return Double.longBitsToDouble(sign |
                                        exponent | (mantissa - 1));
                }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Scale a number by 2<sup>scaleFactor</sup>.
     * <p>If <code>d</code> is 0 or NaN or Infinite, it is returned unchanged.</p>
     *
     * @param d base number
     * @param scaleFactor power of two by which d should be multiplied
     * @return d &times; 2<sup>scaleFactor</sup>
     * @since 2.0
     * @deprecated as of 2.2, replaced by {@link FastMath#scalb(double, int)}
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static double scalb(final double d, final int scaleFactor) {
        return FastMath.scalb(d, scaleFactor);
    }

    /**
     * Normalize an angle in a 2&pi wide interval around a center value.
     * <p>This method has three main uses:</p>
     * <ul>
     *   <li>normalize an angle between 0 and 2&pi;:<br/>
     *       <code>a = MathUtils.normalizeAngle(a, FastMath.PI);</code></li>
     *   <li>normalize an angle between -&pi; and +&pi;<br/>
     *       <code>a = MathUtils.normalizeAngle(a, 0.0);</code></li>
     *   <li>compute the angle between two defining angular positions:<br>
     *       <code>angle = MathUtils.normalizeAngle(end, start) - start;</code></li>
     * </ul>
     * <p>Note that due to numerical accuracy and since &pi; cannot be represented
     * exactly, the result interval is <em>closed</em>, it cannot be half-closed
     * as would be more satisfactory in a purely mathematical view.</p>
     * @param a angle to normalize
     * @param center center of the desired 2&pi; interval for the result
     * @return a-2k&pi; with integer k and center-&pi; &lt;= a-2k&pi; &lt;= center+&pi;
     * @since 1.2
     */
     public static double normalizeAngle(double a, double center) {
         return a - TWO_PI * FastMath.floor((a + FastMath.PI - center) / TWO_PI);
     }

     /**
      * <p>Normalizes an array to make it sum to a specified value.
      * Returns the result of the transformation <pre>
      *    x |-> x * normalizedSum / sum
      * </pre>
      * applied to each non-NaN element x of the input array, where sum is the
      * sum of the non-NaN entries in the input array.</p>
      *
      * <p>Throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>normalizedSum</code> is infinite
      * or NaN and ArithmeticException if the input array contains any infinite elements
      * or sums to 0</p>
      *
      * <p>Ignores (i.e., copies unchanged to the output array) NaNs in the input array.</p>
      *
      * @param values input array to be normalized
      * @param normalizedSum target sum for the normalized array
      * @return normalized array
      * @throws ArithmeticException if the input array contains infinite elements or sums to zero
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the target sum is infinite or NaN
      * @since 2.1
      */
     public static double[] normalizeArray(double[] values, double normalizedSum)
       throws ArithmeticException, IllegalArgumentException {
         if (Double.isInfinite(normalizedSum)) {
             throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                     LocalizedFormats.NORMALIZE_INFINITE);
         }
         if (Double.isNaN(normalizedSum)) {
             throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                     LocalizedFormats.NORMALIZE_NAN);
         }
         double sum = 0d;
         final int len = values.length;
         double[] out = new double[len];
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             if (Double.isInfinite(values[i])) {
                 throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(
                         LocalizedFormats.INFINITE_ARRAY_ELEMENT, values[i], i);
             }
             if (!Double.isNaN(values[i])) {
                 sum += values[i];
             }
         }
         if (sum == 0) {
             throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(LocalizedFormats.ARRAY_SUMS_TO_ZERO);
         }
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             if (Double.isNaN(values[i])) {
                 out[i] = Double.NaN;
             } else {
                 out[i] = values[i] * normalizedSum / sum;
             }
         }
         return out;
     }

    /**
     * Round the given value to the specified number of decimal places. The
     * value is rounded using the {@link BigDecimal#ROUND_HALF_UP} method.
     *
     * @param x the value to round.
     * @param scale the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
     * @return the rounded value.
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static double round(double x, int scale) {
        return round(x, scale, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
    }

    /**
     * Round the given value to the specified number of decimal places. The
     * value is rounded using the given method which is any method defined in
     * {@link BigDecimal}.
     *
     * @param x the value to round.
     * @param scale the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
     * @param roundingMethod the rounding method as defined in
     *        {@link BigDecimal}.
     * @return the rounded value.
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static double round(double x, int scale, int roundingMethod) {
        try {
            return (new BigDecimal
                   (Double.toString(x))
                   .setScale(scale, roundingMethod))
                   .doubleValue();
        } catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
            if (Double.isInfinite(x)) {
                return x;
            } else {
                return Double.NaN;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Round the given value to the specified number of decimal places. The
     * value is rounding using the {@link BigDecimal#ROUND_HALF_UP} method.
     *
     * @param x the value to round.
     * @param scale the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
     * @return the rounded value.
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static float round(float x, int scale) {
        return round(x, scale, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
    }

    /**
     * Round the given value to the specified number of decimal places. The
     * value is rounded using the given method which is any method defined in
     * {@link BigDecimal}.
     *
     * @param x the value to round.
     * @param scale the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
     * @param roundingMethod the rounding method as defined in
     *        {@link BigDecimal}.
     * @return the rounded value.
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static float round(float x, int scale, int roundingMethod) {
        float sign = indicator(x);
        float factor = (float)FastMath.pow(10.0f, scale) * sign;
        return (float)roundUnscaled(x * factor, sign, roundingMethod) / factor;
    }

    /**
     * Round the given non-negative, value to the "nearest" integer. Nearest is
     * determined by the rounding method specified. Rounding methods are defined
     * in {@link BigDecimal}.
     *
     * @param unscaled the value to round.
     * @param sign the sign of the original, scaled value.
     * @param roundingMethod the rounding method as defined in
     *        {@link BigDecimal}.
     * @return the rounded value.
     * @since 1.1
     */
    private static double roundUnscaled(double unscaled, double sign,
        int roundingMethod) {
        switch (roundingMethod) {
        case BigDecimal.ROUND_CEILING :
            if (sign == -1) {
                unscaled = FastMath.floor(nextAfter(unscaled, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY));
            } else {
                unscaled = FastMath.ceil(nextAfter(unscaled, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY));
            }
            break;
        case BigDecimal.ROUND_DOWN :
            unscaled = FastMath.floor(nextAfter(unscaled, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY));
            break;
        case BigDecimal.ROUND_FLOOR :
            if (sign == -1) {
                unscaled = FastMath.ceil(nextAfter(unscaled, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY));
            } else {
                unscaled = FastMath.floor(nextAfter(unscaled, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY));
            }
            break;
        case BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_DOWN : {
            unscaled = nextAfter(unscaled, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
            double fraction = unscaled - FastMath.floor(unscaled);
            if (fraction > 0.5) {
                unscaled = FastMath.ceil(unscaled);
            } else {
                unscaled = FastMath.floor(unscaled);
            }
            break;
        }
        case BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_EVEN : {
            double fraction = unscaled - FastMath.floor(unscaled);
            if (fraction > 0.5) {
                unscaled = FastMath.ceil(unscaled);
            } else if (fraction < 0.5) {
                unscaled = FastMath.floor(unscaled);
            } else {
                // The following equality test is intentional and needed for rounding purposes
                if (FastMath.floor(unscaled) / 2.0 == FastMath.floor(Math
                    .floor(unscaled) / 2.0)) { // even
                    unscaled = FastMath.floor(unscaled);
                } else { // odd
                    unscaled = FastMath.ceil(unscaled);
                }
            }
            break;
        }
        case BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP : {
            unscaled = nextAfter(unscaled, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
            double fraction = unscaled - FastMath.floor(unscaled);
            if (fraction >= 0.5) {
                unscaled = FastMath.ceil(unscaled);
            } else {
                unscaled = FastMath.floor(unscaled);
            }
            break;
        }
        case BigDecimal.ROUND_UNNECESSARY :
            if (unscaled != FastMath.floor(unscaled)) {
                throw new ArithmeticException("Inexact result from rounding");
            }
            break;
        case BigDecimal.ROUND_UP :
            unscaled = FastMath.ceil(nextAfter(unscaled,  Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY));
            break;
        default :
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                  LocalizedFormats.INVALID_ROUNDING_METHOD,
                  roundingMethod,
                  "ROUND_CEILING",     BigDecimal.ROUND_CEILING,
                  "ROUND_DOWN",        BigDecimal.ROUND_DOWN,
                  "ROUND_FLOOR",       BigDecimal.ROUND_FLOOR,
                  "ROUND_HALF_DOWN",   BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_DOWN,
                  "ROUND_HALF_EVEN",   BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_EVEN,
                  "ROUND_HALF_UP",     BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP,
                  "ROUND_UNNECESSARY", BigDecimal.ROUND_UNNECESSARY,
                  "ROUND_UP",          BigDecimal.ROUND_UP);
        }
        return unscaled;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sign.html"> sign</a>
     * for byte value <code>x</code>.
     * <p>
     * For a byte value x, this method returns (byte)(+1) if x > 0, (byte)(0) if
     * x = 0, and (byte)(-1) if x < 0.</p>
     *
     * @param x the value, a byte
     * @return (byte)(+1), (byte)(0), or (byte)(-1), depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static byte sign(final byte x) {
        return (x == ZB) ? ZB : (x > ZB) ? PB : NB;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sign.html"> sign</a>
     * for double precision <code>x</code>.
     * <p>
     * For a double value <code>x</code>, this method returns
     * <code>+1.0</code> if <code>x > 0</code>, <code>0.0</code> if
     * <code>x = 0.0</code>, and <code>-1.0</code> if <code>x < 0</code>.
     * Returns <code>NaN</code> if <code>x</code> is <code>NaN</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param x the value, a double
     * @return +1.0, 0.0, or -1.0, depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static double sign(final double x) {
        if (Double.isNaN(x)) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }
        return (x == 0.0) ? 0.0 : (x > 0.0) ? 1.0 : -1.0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sign.html"> sign</a>
     * for float value <code>x</code>.
     * <p>
     * For a float value x, this method returns +1.0F if x > 0, 0.0F if x =
     * 0.0F, and -1.0F if x < 0. Returns <code>NaN</code> if <code>x</code>
     * is <code>NaN</code>.</p>
     *
     * @param x the value, a float
     * @return +1.0F, 0.0F, or -1.0F, depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static float sign(final float x) {
        if (Float.isNaN(x)) {
            return Float.NaN;
        }
        return (x == 0.0F) ? 0.0F : (x > 0.0F) ? 1.0F : -1.0F;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sign.html"> sign</a>
     * for int value <code>x</code>.
     * <p>
     * For an int value x, this method returns +1 if x > 0, 0 if x = 0, and -1
     * if x < 0.</p>
     *
     * @param x the value, an int
     * @return +1, 0, or -1, depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static int sign(final int x) {
        return (x == 0) ? 0 : (x > 0) ? 1 : -1;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sign.html"> sign</a>
     * for long value <code>x</code>.
     * <p>
     * For a long value x, this method returns +1L if x > 0, 0L if x = 0, and
     * -1L if x < 0.</p>
     *
     * @param x the value, a long
     * @return +1L, 0L, or -1L, depending on the sign of x
     */
    public static long sign(final long x) {
        return (x == 0L) ? 0L : (x > 0L) ? 1L : -1L;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sign.html"> sign</a>
     * for short value <code>x</code>.
     * <p>
     * For a short value x, this method returns (short)(+1) if x > 0, (short)(0)
     * if x = 0, and (short)(-1) if x < 0.</p>
     *
     * @param x the value, a short
     * @return (short)(+1), (short)(0), or (short)(-1), depending on the sign of
     *         x
     */
    public static short sign(final short x) {
        return (x == ZS) ? ZS : (x > ZS) ? PS : NS;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HyperbolicSine.html">
     * hyperbolic sine</a> of x.
     *
     * @param x double value for which to find the hyperbolic sine
     * @return hyperbolic sine of x
     */
    public static double sinh(double x) {
        return (FastMath.exp(x) - FastMath.exp(-x)) / 2.0;
    }

    /**
     * Subtract two integers, checking for overflow.
     *
     * @param x the minuend
     * @param y the subtrahend
     * @return the difference <code>x-y</code>
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result can not be represented as an
     *         int
     * @since 1.1
     */
    public static int subAndCheck(int x, int y) {
        long s = (long)x - (long)y;
        if (s < Integer.MIN_VALUE || s > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createArithmeticException(LocalizedFormats.OVERFLOW_IN_SUBTRACTION, x, y);
        }
        return (int)s;
    }

    /**
     * Subtract two long integers, checking for overflow.
     *
     * @param a first value
     * @param b second value
     * @return the difference <code>a-b</code>
     * @throws ArithmeticException if the result can not be represented as an
     *         long
     * @since 1.2
     */
    public static long subAndCheck(long a, long b) {
        long ret;
        String msg = "overflow: subtract";
        if (b == Long.MIN_VALUE) {
            if (a < 0) {
                ret = a - b;
            } else {
                throw new ArithmeticException(msg);
            }
        } else {
            // use additive inverse
            ret = addAndCheck(a, -b, LocalizedFormats.OVERFLOW_IN_ADDITION);
        }
        return ret;
    }

    /**
     * Raise an int to an int power.
     * @param k number to raise
     * @param e exponent (must be positive or null)
     * @return k<sup>e</sup>
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if e is negative
     */
    public static int pow(final int k, int e)
        throws IllegalArgumentException {

        if (e < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                LocalizedFormats.POWER_NEGATIVE_PARAMETERS,
                k, e);
        }

        int result = 1;
        int k2p    = k;
        while (e != 0) {
            if ((e & 0x1) != 0) {
                result *= k2p;
            }
            k2p *= k2p;
            e = e >> 1;
        }

        return result;

    }

    /**
     * Raise an int to a long power.
     * @param k number to raise
     * @param e exponent (must be positive or null)
     * @return k<sup>e</sup>
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if e is negative
     */
    public static int pow(final int k, long e)
        throws IllegalArgumentException {

        if (e < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                LocalizedFormats.POWER_NEGATIVE_PARAMETERS,
                k, e);
        }

        int result = 1;
        int k2p    = k;
        while (e != 0) {
            if ((e & 0x1) != 0) {
                result *= k2p;
            }
            k2p *= k2p;
            e = e >> 1;
        }

        return result;

    }

    /**
     * Raise a long to an int power.
     * @param k number to raise
     * @param e exponent (must be positive or null)
     * @return k<sup>e</sup>
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if e is negative
     */
    public static long pow(final long k, int e)
        throws IllegalArgumentException {

        if (e < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                LocalizedFormats.POWER_NEGATIVE_PARAMETERS,
                k, e);
        }

        long result = 1l;
        long k2p    = k;
        while (e != 0) {
            if ((e & 0x1) != 0) {
                result *= k2p;
            }
            k2p *= k2p;
            e = e >> 1;
        }

        return result;

    }

    /**
     * Raise a long to a long power.
     * @param k number to raise
     * @param e exponent (must be positive or null)
     * @return k<sup>e</sup>
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if e is negative
     */
    public static long pow(final long k, long e)
        throws IllegalArgumentException {

        if (e < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                LocalizedFormats.POWER_NEGATIVE_PARAMETERS,
                k, e);
        }

        long result = 1l;
        long k2p    = k;
        while (e != 0) {
            if ((e & 0x1) != 0) {
                result *= k2p;
            }
            k2p *= k2p;
            e = e >> 1;
        }

        return result;

    }

    /**
     * Raise a BigInteger to an int power.
     * @param k number to raise
     * @param e exponent (must be positive or null)
     * @return k<sup>e</sup>
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if e is negative
     */
    public static BigInteger pow(final BigInteger k, int e)
        throws IllegalArgumentException {

        if (e < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                LocalizedFormats.POWER_NEGATIVE_PARAMETERS,
                k, e);
        }

        return k.pow(e);

    }

    /**
     * Raise a BigInteger to a long power.
     * @param k number to raise
     * @param e exponent (must be positive or null)
     * @return k<sup>e</sup>
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if e is negative
     */
    public static BigInteger pow(final BigInteger k, long e)
        throws IllegalArgumentException {

        if (e < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                LocalizedFormats.POWER_NEGATIVE_PARAMETERS,
                k, e);
        }

        BigInteger result = BigInteger.ONE;
        BigInteger k2p    = k;
        while (e != 0) {
            if ((e & 0x1) != 0) {
                result = result.multiply(k2p);
            }
            k2p = k2p.multiply(k2p);
            e = e >> 1;
        }

        return result;

    }

    /**
     * Raise a BigInteger to a BigInteger power.
     * @param k number to raise
     * @param e exponent (must be positive or null)
     * @return k<sup>e</sup>
     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if e is negative
     */
    public static BigInteger pow(final BigInteger k, BigInteger e)
        throws IllegalArgumentException {

        if (e.compareTo(BigInteger.ZERO) < 0) {
            throw MathRuntimeException.createIllegalArgumentException(
                LocalizedFormats.POWER_NEGATIVE_PARAMETERS,
                k, e);
        }

        BigInteger result = BigInteger.ONE;
        BigInteger k2p    = k;
        while (!BigInteger.ZERO.equals(e)) {
            if (e.testBit(0)) {
                result = result.multiply(k2p);
            }
            k2p = k2p.multiply(k2p);
            e = e.shiftRight(1);
        }

        return result;

    }

    /**
     * Calculates the L<sub>1</sub> (sum of abs) distance between two points.
     *
     * @param p1 the first point
     * @param p2 the second point
     * @return the L<sub>1</sub> distance between the two points
     */
    public static double distance1(double[] p1, double[] p2) {
        double sum = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < p1.length; i++) {
            sum += FastMath.abs(p1[i] - p2[i]);
        }
        return sum;
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the L<sub>1</sub> (sum of abs) distance between two points.
     *
     * @param p1 the first point
     * @param p2 the second point
     * @return the L<sub>1</sub> distance between the two points
     */
    public static int distance1(int[] p1, int[] p2) {
      int sum = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < p1.length; i++) {
          sum += FastMath.abs(p1[i] - p2[i]);
      }
      return sum;
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the L<sub>2</sub> (Euclidean) distance between two points.
     *
     * @param p1 the first point
     * @param p2 the second point
     * @return the L<sub>2</sub> distance between the two points
     */
    public static double distance(double[] p1, double[] p2) {
        double sum = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < p1.length; i++) {
            final double dp = p1[i] - p2[i];
            sum += dp * dp;
        }
        return FastMath.sqrt(sum);
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the L<sub>2</sub> (Euclidean) distance between two points.
     *
     * @param p1 the first point
     * @param p2 the second point
     * @return the L<sub>2</sub> distance between the two points
     */
    public static double distance(int[] p1, int[] p2) {
      double sum = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < p1.length; i++) {
          final double dp = p1[i] - p2[i];
          sum += dp * dp;
      }
      return FastMath.sqrt(sum);
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the L<sub>&infin;</sub> (max of abs) distance between two points.
     *
     * @param p1 the first point
     * @param p2 the second point
     * @return the L<sub>&infin;</sub> distance between the two points
     */
    public static double distanceInf(double[] p1, double[] p2) {
        double max = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < p1.length; i++) {
            max = FastMath.max(max, FastMath.abs(p1[i] - p2[i]));
        }
        return max;
    }

    /**
     * Calculates the L<sub>&infin;</sub> (max of abs) distance between two points.
     *
     * @param p1 the first point
     * @param p2 the second point
     * @return the L<sub>&infin;</sub> distance between the two points
     */
    public static int distanceInf(int[] p1, int[] p2) {
        int max = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < p1.length; i++) {
            max = FastMath.max(max, FastMath.abs(p1[i] - p2[i]));
        }
        return max;
    }

    /**
     * Specification of ordering direction.
     */
    public static enum OrderDirection {
        /** Constant for increasing direction. */
        INCREASING,
        /** Constant for decreasing direction. */
        DECREASING
    }

    /**
     * Checks that the given array is sorted.
     *
     * @param val Values.
     * @param dir Ordering direction.
     * @param strict Whether the order should be strict.
     * @throws NonMonotonousSequenceException if the array is not sorted.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static void checkOrder(double[] val, OrderDirection dir, boolean strict) {
        double previous = val[0];
        boolean ok = true;

        int max = val.length;
        for (int i = 1; i < max; i++) {
            switch (dir) {
            case INCREASING:
                if (strict) {
                    if (val[i] <= previous) {
                        ok = false;
                    }
                } else {
                    if (val[i] < previous) {
                        ok = false;
                    }
                }
                break;
            case DECREASING:
                if (strict) {
                    if (val[i] >= previous) {
                        ok = false;
                    }
                } else {
                    if (val[i] > previous) {
                        ok = false;
                    }
                }
                break;
            default:
                // Should never happen.
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();
            }

            if (!ok) {
                throw new NonMonotonousSequenceException(val[i], previous, i, dir, strict);
            }
            previous = val[i];
        }
    }

    /**
     * Checks that the given array is sorted in strictly increasing order.
     *
     * @param val Values.
     * @throws NonMonotonousSequenceException if the array is not sorted.
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static void checkOrder(double[] val) {
        checkOrder(val, OrderDirection.INCREASING, true);
    }

    /**
     * Checks that the given array is sorted.
     *
     * @param val Values
     * @param dir Order direction (-1 for decreasing, 1 for increasing)
     * @param strict Whether the order should be strict
     * @throws NonMonotonousSequenceException if the array is not sorted.
     * @deprecated as of 2.2 (please use the new {@link #checkOrder(double[],OrderDirection,boolean)
     * checkOrder} method). To be removed in 3.0.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public static void checkOrder(double[] val, int dir, boolean strict) {
        if (dir > 0) {
            checkOrder(val, OrderDirection.INCREASING, strict);
        } else {
            checkOrder(val, OrderDirection.DECREASING, strict);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the Cartesian norm (2-norm), handling both overflow and underflow.
     * Translation of the minpack enorm subroutine.
     *
     * The redistribution policy for MINPACK is available <a
     * href="http://www.netlib.org/minpack/disclaimer">here</a>, for convenience, it
     * is reproduced below.</p>
     *
     * <table border="0" width="80%" cellpadding="10" align="center" bgcolor="#E0E0E0">
     * <tr><td>
     *    Minpack Copyright Notice (1999) University of Chicago.
     *    All rights reserved
     * </td></tr>
     * <tr><td>
     * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
     * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
     * are met:
     * <ol>
     *  <li>Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
     *      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.</li>
     * <li>Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
     *     copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
     *     disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
     *     with the distribution.</li>
     * <li>The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any,
     *     must include the following acknowledgment:
     *     <code>This product includes software developed by the University of
     *           Chicago, as Operator of Argonne National Laboratory.</code>
     *     Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself,
     *     if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.</li>
     * <li><strong>WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. THE SOFTWARE IS SUPPLIED "AS IS"
     *     WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER, THE
     *     UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND
     *     THEIR EMPLOYEES: (1) DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
     *     IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES
     *     OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE
     *     OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, (2) DO NOT ASSUME ANY LEGAL LIABILITY
     *     OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR
     *     USEFULNESS OF THE SOFTWARE, (3) DO NOT REPRESENT THAT USE OF
     *     THE SOFTWARE WOULD NOT INFRINGE PRIVATELY OWNED RIGHTS, (4)
     *     DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL FUNCTION
     *     UNINTERRUPTED, THAT IT IS ERROR-FREE OR THAT ANY ERRORS WILL
     *     BE CORRECTED.</strong></li>
     * <li><strong>LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL THE COPYRIGHT
     *     HOLDER, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
     *     ENERGY, OR THEIR EMPLOYEES: BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT,
     *     INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF
     *     ANY KIND OR NATURE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF
     *     PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, WHETHER
     *     SUCH LIABILITY IS ASSERTED ON THE BASIS OF CONTRACT, TORT
     *     (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY), OR OTHERWISE,
     *     EVEN IF ANY OF SAID PARTIES HAS BEEN WARNED OF THE
     *     POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES.</strong></li>
     * <ol></td></tr>
     * </table>
     *
     * @param v vector of doubles
     * @return the 2-norm of the vector
     * @since 2.2
     */
    public static double safeNorm(double[] v) {
    double rdwarf = 3.834e-20;
    double rgiant = 1.304e+19;
    double s1=0.0;
    double s2=0.0;
    double s3=0.0;
    double x1max = 0.0;
    double x3max = 0.0;
    double floatn = (double)v.length;
    double agiant = rgiant/floatn;
    for (int i=0;i<v.length;i++) {
        double xabs = Math.abs(v[i]);
        if (xabs<rdwarf || xabs>agiant) {
            if (xabs>rdwarf) {
                if (xabs>x1max) {
                    double r=x1max/xabs;
                    s1=1.0+s1*r*r;
                    x1max=xabs;
                } else {
                    double r=xabs/x1max;
                    s1+=r*r;
                }
            } else {
                if (xabs>x3max) {
                 double r=x3max/xabs;
                 s3=1.0+s3*r*r;
                 x3max=xabs;
                } else {
                    if (xabs!=0.0) {
                        double r=xabs/x3max;
                        s3+=r*r;
                    }
                }
            }
        } else {
         s2+=xabs*xabs;
        }
    }
    double norm;
    if (s1!=0.0) {
        norm = x1max*Math.sqrt(s1+(s2/x1max)/x1max);
    } else {
        if (s2==0.0) {
            norm = x3max*Math.sqrt(s3);
        } else {
            if (s2>=x3max) {
                norm = Math.sqrt(s2*(1.0+(x3max/s2)*(x3max*s3)));
            } else {
                norm = Math.sqrt(x3max*((s2/x3max)+(x3max*s3)));
            }
        }
    }
    return norm;
}

}