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<h1 id="function-cube">Function cube <a href="#function-cube" title="Permalink">#</a></h1>

Compute the cube of a value, `x * x * x`.
To avoid confusion with `pow(M,3)`, this function does not apply to matrices.
If you wish to cube every entry of a matrix, see the examples.


<h2 id="syntax">Syntax <a href="#syntax" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

```js
math.cube(x)
```

<h3 id="parameters">Parameters <a href="#parameters" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`x` | number &#124; BigNumber &#124; bigint &#124; Fraction &#124; Complex &#124; Unit | Number for which to calculate the cube

<h3 id="returns">Returns <a href="#returns" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Type | Description
---- | -----------
number &#124; BigNumber &#124; bigint &#124; Fraction &#124; Complex &#124; Unit | Cube of x


<h3 id="throws">Throws <a href="#throws" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>

Type | Description
---- | -----------


<h2 id="examples">Examples <a href="#examples" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

```js
math.cube(2)            // returns number 8
math.pow(2, 3)          // returns number 8
math.cube(4)            // returns number 64
4 * 4 * 4               // returns number 64

math.map([1, 2, 3, 4], math.cube) // returns Array [1, 8, 27, 64]
```


<h2 id="see-also">See also <a href="#see-also" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>

[multiply](multiply.html),
[square](square.html),
[pow](pow.html),
[cbrt](cbrt.html)