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R can perform the usual mathematical operations, below are the functions:
Arithmetic
Trigonometry
Linear Algebra
Reference:
Arithmetic
- + - addition
- - - subtraction
- * - multiplication
- / - division
Trigonometry
- sin - sine
- cos - cosine
- tan - tangent
- asin - sine inverse
- acos - cosine inverse
- atan - tangent inverse
Linear Algebra
- + - element-wise addition
- - - element-wise subtraction
- * - element-wise multiplication
- / - element-wise division
- %*% - matrix multiplication
- t - transpose
- eigen - eigenvalues and eigenvectors
- solve - inverse of matrix
- ginv - generalized inverse, requires MASS package
- rbind - combines vectors of observations horizontally into matrix class
- cbind - combines vectors of observations vertically into matrix class
Reference:
- Kabacoff, R. I. Matrix Algebra. Quick-R. Retrieved April 20, 2013 here.
- Trigonometric Functions. R Documentation. R.2.15.1
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