6  Fast Math

(ns stats-with-clojure.fast-math
  (:require
   [scicloj.kindly.v4.api :as kindly]
   [scicloj.kindly.v4.kind :as kind]
   [fastmath.core :as fc]))

6.1 What is Fast Math?

https://github.com/generateme/fastmath

why use it?

speed

tested libraries

constants

trig functions

(fc/abs -1)

1.0

(fc/sqrt 9)

3.0

(fc/sin 0.5)

0.47942553860420295

(fc/sin (/ fc/PI 2))

1.0

(fc/exp 1)

2.7182818284590455

(fc/exp 5)

148.4131591025766

(fc/log 10)

2.302585092994046

(fc/log fc/E)

1.0

source: notebooks/stats_with_clojure/fast_math.clj