1 2 .. _numeric: 3 4 ******************************** 5 Numeric and Mathematical Modules 6 ******************************** 7 8 The modules described in this chapter provide numeric and math-related functions 9 and data types. The :mod:`numbers` module defines an abstract hierarchy of 10 numeric types. The :mod:`math` and :mod:`cmath` modules contain various 11 mathematical functions for floating-point and complex numbers. The :mod:`decimal` 12 module supports exact representations of decimal numbers, using arbitrary precision 13 arithmetic. 14 15 The following modules are documented in this chapter: 16 17 18 .. toctree:: 19 20 numbers.rst 21 math.rst 22 cmath.rst 23 decimal.rst 24 fractions.rst 25 random.rst 26 statistics.rst 27