2022-07-23 12:23:14 +02:00

58 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown

---
layout: default
---
<!-- Note: This file is automatically generated from source code comments. Changes made in this file will be overridden. -->
<h1 id="function-square">Function square <a href="#function-square" title="Permalink">#</a></h1>
Compute the square of a value, `x * x`.
To avoid confusion with multiplying a square matrix by itself,
this function does not apply to matrices. If you wish to square
every element of a matrix, see the examples.
<h2 id="syntax">Syntax <a href="#syntax" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
```js
math.square(x)
```
<h3 id="parameters">Parameters <a href="#parameters" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
Parameter | Type | Description
--------- | ---- | -----------
`x` | number &#124; BigNumber &#124; Fraction &#124; Complex &#124; Unit | Number for which to calculate the square
<h3 id="returns">Returns <a href="#returns" title="Permalink">#</a></h3>
Type | Description
---- | -----------
number &#124; BigNumber &#124; Fraction &#124; Complex &#124; Unit | Squared value
<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.square(2) // returns number 4
math.square(3) // returns number 9
math.pow(3, 2) // returns number 9
math.multiply(3, 3) // returns number 9
math.map([1, 2, 3, 4], math.square) // returns Array [1, 4, 9, 16]
```
<h2 id="see-also">See also <a href="#see-also" title="Permalink">#</a></h2>
[multiply](multiply.html),
[cube](cube.html),
[sqrt](sqrt.html),
[pow](pow.html)