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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
+is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
+that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
+CERN makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
+It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.
+*/
+
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import org.apache.mahout.math.jet.random.engine.MersenneTwister;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+
+/**
+ * Function objects to be passed to generic methods. Contains the functions of {@link java.lang.Math} as function
+ * objects, as well as a few more basic functions. <p>Function objects conveniently allow to express arbitrary functions
+ * in a generic manner. Essentially, a function object is an object that can perform a function on some arguments. It
+ * has a minimal interface: a method <tt>apply</tt> that takes the arguments, computes something and returns some result
+ * value. Function objects are comparable to function pointers in C used for call-backs. <p>Unary functions are of type
+ * {@link org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleFunction}, binary functions of type {@link
+ * org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleDoubleFunction}. All can be retrieved via <tt>public static final</tt>
+ * variables named after the function. Unary predicates are of type
+ * {@link DoubleProcedure},
+ * binary predicates of type {@link org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleDoubleProcedure}. All can be retrieved via
+ * <tt>public static final</tt> variables named <tt>isXXX</tt>.
+ *
+ * <p> Binary functions and predicates also exist as unary functions with the second argument being fixed to a constant.
+ * These are generated and retrieved via factory methods (again with the same name as the function). Example: <ul>
+ * <li><tt>Functions.pow</tt> gives the function <tt>a<sup>b</sup></tt>. <li><tt>Functions.pow.apply(2,3)==8</tt>.
+ * <li><tt>Functions.pow(3)</tt> gives the function <tt>a<sup>3</sup></tt>. <li><tt>Functions.pow(3).apply(2)==8</tt>.
+ * </ul> More general, any binary function can be made an unary functions by fixing either the first or the second
+ * argument. See methods {@link #bindArg1(org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleDoubleFunction ,double)} and {@link
+ * #bindArg2(org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleDoubleFunction ,double)}. The order of arguments can
+ * be swapped so that the first argument becomes the
+ * second and vice-versa. See method {@link #swapArgs(org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleDoubleFunction)}.
+ * Example: <ul> <li><tt>Functions.pow</tt>
+ * gives the function <tt>a<sup>b</sup></tt>. <li><tt>Functions.bindArg2(Functions.pow,3)</tt> gives the function
+ * <tt>x<sup>3</sup></tt>. <li><tt>Functions.bindArg1(Functions.pow,3)</tt> gives the function <tt>3<sup>x</sup></tt>.
+ * <li><tt>Functions.swapArgs(Functions.pow)</tt> gives the function <tt>b<sup>a</sup></tt>. </ul> <p> Even more
+ * general, functions can be chained (composed, assembled). Assume we have two unary functions <tt>g</tt> and
+ * <tt>h</tt>. The unary function <tt>g(h(a))</tt> applying both in sequence can be generated via {@link
+ * #chain(org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleFunction , org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleFunction)}:
+ * <ul> <li><tt>Functions.chain(g,h);</tt> </ul> Assume further we have a binary
+ * function <tt>f</tt>. The binary function <tt>g(f(a,b))</tt> can be generated via {@link
+ * #chain(org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleFunction , org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleDoubleFunction)}:
+ * <ul> <li><tt>Functions.chain(g,f);</tt> </ul> The binary function
+ * <tt>f(g(a),h(b))</tt> can be generated via
+ * {@link #chain(org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleDoubleFunction , org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleFunction ,
+ * org.apache.mahout.math.function.DoubleFunction)}: <ul>
+ * <li><tt>Functions.chain(f,g,h);</tt> </ul> Arbitrarily complex functions can be composed from these building blocks.
+ * For example <tt>sin(a) + cos<sup>2</sup>(b)</tt> can be specified as follows: <ul>
+ * <li><tt>chain(plus,sin,chain(square,cos));</tt> </ul> or, of course, as
+ * <pre>
+ * new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+ * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public final double apply(double a, double b) { return Math.sin(a) + Math.pow(Math.cos(b),2); }
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ * <p> For aliasing see functions. Try this <table> <tr><td class="PRE">
+ * <pre>
+ * // should yield 1.4399560356056456 in all cases
+ * double a = 0.5;
+ * double b = 0.2;
+ * double v = Math.sin(a) + Math.pow(Math.cos(b),2);
+ * log.info(v);
+ * Functions F = Functions.functions;
+ * DoubleDoubleFunction f = F.chain(F.plus,F.sin,F.chain(F.square,F.cos));
+ * log.info(f.apply(a,b));
+ * DoubleDoubleFunction g = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+ * &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public double apply(double a, double b) { return Math.sin(a) + Math.pow(Math.cos(b),2); }
+ * };
+ * log.info(g.apply(a,b));
+ * </pre>
+ * </td></tr></table>
+ *
+ * <p> <H3>Performance</H3>
+ *
+ * Surprise. Using modern non-adaptive JITs such as SunJDK 1.2.2 (java -classic) there seems to be no or only moderate
+ * performance penalty in using function objects in a loop over traditional code in a loop. For complex nested function
+ * objects (e.g. <tt>F.chain(F.abs,F.chain(F.plus,F.sin,F.chain(F.square,F.cos)))</tt>) the penalty is zero, for trivial
+ * functions (e.g. <tt>F.plus</tt>) the penalty is often acceptable. <center> <table border cellpadding="3"
+ * cellspacing="0" align="center">
+ * <tr valign="middle" bgcolor="#33CC66" align="center"> <td nowrap colspan="7">
+ * <font size="+2">Iteration Performance [million function evaluations per second]</font><br> <font size="-1">Pentium
+ * Pro 200 Mhz, SunJDK 1.2.2, NT, java -classic, </font></td> </tr>
+ * <tr valign="middle" bgcolor="#66CCFF" align="center"> <td nowrap bgcolor="#FF9966" rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td> <td bgcolor="#FF9966" colspan="2"> <p> 30000000
+ * iterations</p> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9966" colspan="2"> 3000000 iterations (10 times less)</td> <td bgcolor="#FF9966"
+ * colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> </tr>
+ * <tr valign="middle" bgcolor="#66CCFF" align="center"> <td nowrap bgcolor="#FF9966">
+ * <tt>F.plus</tt></td> <td bgcolor="#FF9966"><tt>a+b</tt></td> <td bgcolor="#FF9966">
+ * <tt>F.chain(F.abs,F.chain(F.plus,F.sin,F.chain(F.square,F.cos)))</tt></td> <td bgcolor="#FF9966">
+ * <tt>Math.abs(Math.sin(a) + Math.pow(Math.cos(b),2))</tt></td> <td bgcolor="#FF9966">&nbsp;</td> <td
+ * bgcolor="#FF9966">&nbsp;</td> </tr>
+ * <tr valign="middle" bgcolor="#66CCFF" align="center"> <td nowrap
+ * bgcolor="#FF9966">&nbsp;</td> <td nowrap>10.8</td> <td nowrap>29.6</td> <td nowrap>0.43</td> <td nowrap>0.35</td> <td
+ * nowrap>&nbsp;</td> <td nowrap>&nbsp;</td> </tr>
+ * </table></center>
+ */
+public final class Functions {
+
+  /*
+   * <H3>Unary functions</H3>
+   */
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.abs(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction ABS = new DoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.abs(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.acos(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction ACOS = new DoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.acos(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.asin(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction ASIN = new DoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.asin(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.atan(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction ATAN = new DoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.atan(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.ceil(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction CEIL = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.ceil(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.cos(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction COS = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.cos(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.exp(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction EXP = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.exp(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.floor(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction FLOOR = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.floor(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns its argument. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction IDENTITY = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return a;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>1.0 / a</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction INV = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return 1.0 / a;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.log(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction LOGARITHM = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.log(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.log(a) / Math.log(2)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction LOG2 = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.log(a) * 1.4426950408889634;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>-a</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction NEGATE = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return -a;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.rint(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction RINT = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.rint(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Function that returns {@code a < 0 ? -1 : a > 0 ? 1 : 0}.
+   */
+  public static final DoubleFunction SIGN = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return a < 0 ? -1 : a > 0 ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.sin(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction SIN = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.sin(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.sqrt(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction SQRT = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.sqrt(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>a * a</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction SQUARE = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return a * a;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt> 1 / (1 + exp(-a) </tt> */
+  public static final DoubleFunction SIGMOID = new DoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return 1.0 / (1.0 + Math.exp(-a));
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt> a * (1-a) </tt> */
+  public static final DoubleFunction SIGMOIDGRADIENT = new DoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return a * (1.0 - a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.tan(a)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleFunction TAN = new DoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a) {
+      return Math.tan(a);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /*
+   * <H3>Binary functions</H3>
+   */
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.atan2(a,b)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction ATAN2 = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return Math.atan2(a, b);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Function that returns <tt>a &lt; b ? -1 : a &gt; b ? 1 : 0</tt>.
+   */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction COMPARE = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>a / b</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction DIV = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return a / b;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x / 0 = infinity or undefined depending on x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 0 / y = 0 unless y = 0
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x / 0 = infinity or undefined depending on x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x / y != y / x
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x / (y / z) = x * z / y
+     * (x / y) / z = x / (y * z)
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>a == b ? 1 : 0</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction EQUALS = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return a == b ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x = y iff y = x
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Function that returns <tt>a &gt; b ? 1 : 0</tt>.
+   */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction GREATER = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return a > b ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.IEEEremainder(a,b)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction IEEE_REMAINDER = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return Math.IEEEremainder(a, b);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>a == b</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleProcedure IS_EQUAL = new DoubleDoubleProcedure() {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean apply(double a, double b) {
+      return a == b;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Function that returns {@code a < b}.
+   */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleProcedure IS_LESS = new DoubleDoubleProcedure() {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean apply(double a, double b) {
+      return a < b;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Function that returns {@code a > b}.
+   */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleProcedure IS_GREATER = new DoubleDoubleProcedure() {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean apply(double a, double b) {
+      return a > b;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Function that returns <tt>a &lt; b ? 1 : 0</tt>.
+   */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction LESS = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return a < b ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.log(a) / Math.log(b)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction LG = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return Math.log(a) / Math.log(b);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.max(a,b)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MAX = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return Math.max(a, b);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(x, 0) = x or 0 depending on the sign of x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(0, y) = y or 0 depending on the sign of y
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(x, 0) = x or 0 depending on the sign of x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(x, max(y, z)) = max(max(x, y), z)
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(x, y) = max(y, x)
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MAX_ABS = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return Math.max(Math.abs(a), Math.abs(b));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(|x|, 0) = |x|
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(0, |y|) = |y|
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(|x|, 0) = |x|
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(|x|, max(|y|, |z|)) = max(max(|x|, |y|), |z|)
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * max(|x|, |y|) = max(|y\, |x\)
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.min(a,b)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MIN = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return Math.min(a, b);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * min(x, 0) = x or 0 depending on the sign of x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * min(0, y) = y or 0 depending on the sign of y
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * min(x, 0) = x or 0 depending on the sign of x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * min(x, min(y, z)) = min(min(x, y), z)
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * min(x, y) = min(y, x)
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>a - b</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MINUS = plusMult(-1);
+
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MINUS_SQUARED = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double x, double y) {
+      return (x - y) * (x - y);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * (x - 0)^2 = x^2 != x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+  */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * (0 - y)^2 != 0
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * (x - 0)^2 != x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * (x - y)^2 = (y - x)^2
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * (x - (y - z)^2)^2 != ((x - y)^2 - z)^2
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>a % b</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MOD = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return a % b;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>a * b</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MULT = new TimesFunction();
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>a + b</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction PLUS = plusMult(1);
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.abs(a) + Math.abs(b)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction PLUS_ABS = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return Math.abs(a) + Math.abs(b);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * abs(x) + abs(0) = abs(x) != x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return false;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * abs(0) + abs(y) = abs(y) != 0 unless y = 0
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * abs(x) + abs(0) = abs(x) != 0 unless x = 0
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * abs(x) + abs(abs(y) + abs(z)) = abs(x) + abs(y) + abs(z)
+     * abs(abs(x) + abs(y)) + abs(z) = abs(x) + abs(y) + abs(z)
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * abs(x) + abs(y) = abs(y) + abs(x)
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MINUS_ABS = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double x, double y) {
+      return Math.abs(x - y);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * |x - 0| = |x|
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * |0 - y| = |y|
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * |x - 0| = |x|
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * |x - y| = |y - x|
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * |x - |y - z|| != ||x - y| - z| (|5 - |4 - 3|| = 1; ||5 - 4| - 3| = |1 - 3| = 2)
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** Function that returns <tt>Math.pow(a,b)</tt>. */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction POW = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double a, double b) {
+      return Math.pow(a, b);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x^0 = 1 for any x unless x = 0 (undefined)
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 0^y = 0 for any y unless y = 0 (undefined, but Math.pow(0, 0) = 1)
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x^0 = 1 for any x (even x = 0)
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x^y != y^x (2^3 != 3^2)
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x^(y^z) != (x^y)^z ((2^3)^4 = 8^4 = 2^12 != 2^(3^4) = 2^81)
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+  };
+
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction SECOND = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double x, double y) {
+      return y;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(0, y) = y for any y
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(x, y) = x != y = f(y, x) for any x, y unless x = y
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(x, f(y, z)) = f(x, z) = z
+     * f(f(x, y), z) = z
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * This function is specifically designed to be used when assigning a vector to one that is all zeros (created
+   * by like()). It enables iteration only through the nonzeros of the right hand side by declaring isLikeRightPlus
+   * to be true. This is NOT generally true for SECOND (hence the other function above).
+   */
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction SECOND_LEFT_ZERO = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double x, double y) {
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(x == 0, "This special version of SECOND needs x == 0");
+      return y;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(x, 0) = 0 for any x; we're only assigning to left hand sides that are strictly 0
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(0, y) = y for any y
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(x, y) = x != y = f(y, x) for any x, y unless x = y
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * f(x, f(y, z)) = f(x, z) = z
+     * f(f(x, y), z) = z
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MULT_SQUARE_LEFT = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double x, double y) {
+      return x * x * y;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x * x * 0 = 0
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 0 * 0 * y = 0
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x * x * 0 = 0
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x * x * y != y * y * x
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x * x * y * y * z != x * x * y * x * x * y * z
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+  };
+
+  public static final DoubleDoubleFunction MULT_RIGHT_PLUS1 = new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+    /**
+     * Apply the function to the arguments and return the result
+     *
+     * @param x a double for the first argument
+     * @param y a double for the second argument
+     * @return the result of applying the function
+     */
+    @Override
+    public double apply(double x, double y) {
+      return x * (y + 1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x * 1 = x
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 0 * y = 0
+     * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x * 1 = x != 0
+     * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * x * (y + 1) != y * (x + 1)
+     * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isCommutative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isAssociative() {
+      return false;
+    }
+  };
+
+  public static DoubleDoubleFunction reweigh(final double wx, final double wy) {
+    final double tw = wx + wy;
+    return new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double x, double y) {
+        return (wx * x + wy * y) / tw;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * f(x, 0) = wx * x / tw = x iff wx = tw (practically, impossible, as tw = wx + wy and wy > 0)
+       * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+        return wx == tw;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * f(0, y) = wy * y / tw = 0 iff y = 0
+       * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * f(x, 0) = wx * x / tw = 0 iff x = 0
+       * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * wx * x + wy * y = wx * y + wy * x iff wx = wy
+       * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isCommutative() {
+        return wx == wy;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isAssociative() {
+        return false;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  private Functions() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns {@code (from<=a && a<=to) ? 1 : 0}.
+   * <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>from</tt> and <tt>to</tt> are fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction between(final double from, final double to) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return from <= a && a <= to ? 1 : 0;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a unary function from a binary function with the first operand (argument) fixed to the given constant
+   * <tt>c</tt>. The second operand is variable (free).
+   *
+   * @param function a binary function taking operands in the form <tt>function.apply(c,var)</tt>.
+   * @return the unary function <tt>function(c,var)</tt>.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction bindArg1(final DoubleDoubleFunction function, final double c) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double var) {
+        return function.apply(c, var);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a unary function from a binary function with the second operand (argument) fixed to the given constant
+   * <tt>c</tt>. The first operand is variable (free).
+   *
+   * @param function a binary function taking operands in the form <tt>function.apply(var,c)</tt>.
+   * @return the unary function <tt>function(var,c)</tt>.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction bindArg2(final DoubleDoubleFunction function, final double c) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double var) {
+        return function.apply(var, c);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs the function <tt>f( g(a), h(b) )</tt>.
+   *
+   * @param f a binary function.
+   * @param g a unary function.
+   * @param h a unary function.
+   * @return the binary function <tt>f( g(a), h(b) )</tt>.
+   */
+  public static DoubleDoubleFunction chain(final DoubleDoubleFunction f, final DoubleFunction g,
+                                           final DoubleFunction h) {
+    return new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a, double b) {
+        return f.apply(g.apply(a), h.apply(b));
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * fx(c, 0) = f(g(x), h(0)) = f(g(x), 0) = g(x) = x if h(0) = 0 and f isLikeRightPlus and g(x) = x
+       * Impossible to check whether g(x) = x for any x, so we return false.
+       * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * fc(0, y) = f(g(0), h(y)) = f(0, h(y)) = 0 if g(0) = 0 and f isLikeLeftMult
+       * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+        return g.apply(0) == 0 && f.isLikeLeftMult();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * fc(x, 0) = f(g(x), h(0)) = f(g(x), 0) = 0 if h(0) = 0 and f isLikeRightMult
+       * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+        return h.apply(0) == 0 && f.isLikeRightMult();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * fc(x, y) = f(g(x), h(y)) = f(h(y), g(x))
+       * fc(y, x) = f(g(y), h(x)) = f(h(x), g(y))
+       * Either g(x) = g(y) for any x, y and h(x) = h(y) for any x, y or g = h and f isCommutative.
+       * Can only check if g = h (reference equality, assuming they're both the same static function in
+       * this file) and f isCommutative. There are however other scenarios when this might happen that are NOT
+       * covered by this definition.
+       * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isCommutative() {
+        return g.equals(h) && f.isCommutative();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * fc(x, fc(y, z)) = f(g(x), h(f(g(y), h(z))))
+       * fc(fc(x, y), z) = f(g(f(g(x), h(y))), h(z))
+       * Impossible to check.
+       * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isAssociative() {
+        return false;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs the function <tt>g( h(a,b) )</tt>.
+   *
+   * @param g a unary function.
+   * @param h a binary function.
+   * @return the binary function <tt>g( h(a,b) )</tt>.
+   */
+  public static DoubleDoubleFunction chain(final DoubleFunction g, final DoubleDoubleFunction h) {
+    return new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a, double b) {
+        return g.apply(h.apply(a, b));
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * g(h(x, 0)) = g(x) = x for any x iff g(x) = x and h isLikeRightPlus
+       * Impossible to check.
+       * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * g(h(0, y)) = g(0) = 0 for any y iff g(0) = 0 and h isLikeLeftMult
+       * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+        return !g.isDensifying() && h.isLikeLeftMult();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * g(h(x, 0)) = g(0) = 0 for any x iff g(0) = 0 and h isLikeRightMult
+       * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+        return !g.isDensifying() && h.isLikeRightMult();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * fc(x, y) = g(h(x, y)) = g(h(y, x)) = fc(y, x) iff h isCommutative
+       * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isCommutative() {
+        return h.isCommutative();
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * fc(x, fc(y, z)) = g(h(x, g(h(y, z)))
+       * fc(fc(x, y), z) = g(h(g(h(x, y)), z))
+       * Impossible to check.
+       * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isAssociative() {
+        return false;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs the function <tt>g( h(a) )</tt>.
+   *
+   * @param g a unary function.
+   * @param h a unary function.
+   * @return the unary function <tt>g( h(a) )</tt>.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction chain(final DoubleFunction g, final DoubleFunction h) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return g.apply(h.apply(a));
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs the function <tt>g( h(a) )</tt>.
+   *
+   * @param g a unary function.
+   * @param h an {@link IntIntFunction} function.
+   * @return the unary function <tt>g( h(a) )</tt>.
+   */
+  public static IntIntFunction chain(final DoubleFunction g, final IntIntFunction h) {
+    return new IntIntFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(int first, int second) {
+        return g.apply(h.apply(first, second));
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns {@code a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0}. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is
+   * fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction compare(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns the constant <tt>c</tt>. */
+  public static DoubleFunction constant(final double c) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return c;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>a / b</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction div(double b) {
+    return mult(1 / b);
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>a == b ? 1 : 0</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction equals(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return a == b ? 1 : 0;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>a != b ? 1 : 0</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction notEqual(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return a != b ? 1 : 0;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns <tt>a &gt; b ? 1 : 0</tt>. <tt>a</tt>
+   * is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction greater(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return a > b ? 1 : 0;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns <tt>Math.IEEEremainder(a,b)</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is
+   * fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction mathIEEEremainder(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return Math.IEEEremainder(a, b);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns {@code from<=a && a<=to}. <tt>a</tt>
+   * is a variable, <tt>from</tt> and
+   * <tt>to</tt> are fixed.
+   *
+   * Note that DoubleProcedure is generated code and thus looks like an invalid reference unless you can see
+   * the generated stuff.
+   */
+  public static DoubleProcedure isBetween(final double from, final double to) {
+    return new DoubleProcedure() {
+
+      @Override
+      public boolean apply(double a) {
+        return from <= a && a <= to;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns <tt>a == b</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a
+   * variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleProcedure isEqual(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleProcedure() {
+
+      @Override
+      public boolean apply(double a) {
+        return a == b;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns <tt>a &gt; b</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a
+   * variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleProcedure isGreater(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleProcedure() {
+
+      @Override
+      public boolean apply(double a) {
+        return a > b;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns {@code a < b}. <tt>a</tt> is a
+   * variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleProcedure isLess(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleProcedure() {
+
+      @Override
+      public boolean apply(double a) {
+        return a < b;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns <tt>a &lt; b ? 1 : 0</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a
+   * variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction less(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return a < b ? 1 : 0;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns <tt>Math.log(a) / Math.log(b)</tt>.
+   * <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction lg(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+      private final double logInv = 1 / Math.log(b); // cached for speed
+
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return Math.log(a) * logInv;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>Math.max(a,b)</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction max(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return Math.max(a, b);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>Math.min(a,b)</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction min(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return Math.min(a, b);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>a - b</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction minus(double b) {
+    return plus(-b);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns <tt>a - b*constant</tt>. <tt>a</tt> and <tt>b</tt> are variables,
+   * <tt>constant</tt> is fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleDoubleFunction minusMult(double constant) {
+    return plusMult(-constant);
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>a % b</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction mod(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return a % b;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>a * b</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction mult(double b) {
+    return new Mult(b);
+    /*
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+      public final double apply(double a) { return a * b; }
+    };
+    */
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>a + b</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction plus(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return a + b;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns <tt>a + b*constant</tt>. <tt>a</tt> and <tt>b</tt> are variables,
+   * <tt>constant</tt> is fixed.
+   */
+  public static DoubleDoubleFunction plusMult(double constant) {
+    return new PlusMult(constant);
+  }
+
+  /** Constructs a function that returns <tt>Math.pow(a,b)</tt>. <tt>a</tt> is a variable, <tt>b</tt> is fixed. */
+  public static DoubleFunction pow(final double b) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        if (b == 2) {
+          return a * a;
+        } else {
+          return Math.pow(a, b);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns a new uniform random number in the open unit interval {@code (0.0,1.0)}
+   * (excluding 0.0 and 1.0). Currently the engine is {@link MersenneTwister} and is
+   * seeded with the current time. <p> Note that any random engine derived from {@link
+   * org.apache.mahout.math.jet.random.engine.RandomEngine} and any random distribution derived from {@link
+   * org.apache.mahout.math.jet.random.AbstractDistribution} are function objects, because they implement the proper
+   * interfaces. Thus, if you are not happy with the default, just pass your favourite random generator to function
+   * evaluating methods.
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction random() {
+    return new MersenneTwister(new Date());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns the number rounded to the given precision;
+   * <tt>Math.rint(a/precision)*precision</tt>. Examples:
+   * {@code
+   * precision = 0.01 rounds 0.012 --> 0.01, 0.018 --> 0.02
+   * precision = 10   rounds 123   --> 120 , 127   --> 130
+   * }
+   */
+  public static DoubleFunction round(final double precision) {
+    return new DoubleFunction() {
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a) {
+        return Math.rint(a / precision) * precision;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a function that returns <tt>function.apply(b,a)</tt>, i.e. applies the function with the first operand
+   * as second operand and the second operand as first operand.
+   *
+   * @param function a function taking operands in the form <tt>function.apply(a,b)</tt>.
+   * @return the binary function <tt>function(b,a)</tt>.
+   */
+  public static DoubleDoubleFunction swapArgs(final DoubleDoubleFunction function) {
+    return new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double a, double b) {
+        return function.apply(b, a);
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  public static DoubleDoubleFunction minusAbsPow(final double exponent) {
+    return new DoubleDoubleFunction() {
+      @Override
+      public double apply(double x, double y) {
+        return Math.pow(Math.abs(x - y), exponent);
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * |x - 0|^p = |x|^p != x unless x > 0 and p = 1
+       * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * |0 - y|^p = |y|^p
+       * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * |x - 0|^p = |x|^p
+       * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * |x - y|^p = |y - x|^p
+       * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isCommutative() {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      /**
+       * |x - |y - z|^p|^p != ||x - y|^p - z|^p
+       * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+       */
+      @Override
+      public boolean isAssociative() {
+        return false;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
+is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
+that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
+CERN makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
+It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.
+*/
+
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that represents a function object: a function that takes a single argument and returns a single value.
+ */
+public interface IntFunction {
+
+  /**
+   * Applies a function to an argument.
+   *
+   * @param argument argument passed to the function.
+   * @return the result of the function.
+   */
+  int apply(int argument);
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
+is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
+that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
+CERN makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
+It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.
+*/
+
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that represents a function object: a function that takes three arguments.
+ */
+public interface IntIntDoubleFunction {
+
+  /**
+   * Applies a function to three arguments.
+   *
+   * @param first  first argument passed to the function.
+   * @param second second argument passed to the function.
+   * @param third  third argument passed to the function.
+   * @return the result of the function.
+   */
+  double apply(int first, int second, double third);
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+/**
+ * A function that takes to integer arguments and returns Double.
+ */
+public interface IntIntFunction {
+  double apply(int first, int second);
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
+is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
+that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
+CERN makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
+It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.
+*/
+
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+/**
+ * Only for performance tuning of compute intensive linear algebraic computations.
+ * Constructs functions that return one of
+ * <ul>
+ * <li><tt>a * constant</tt>
+ * <li><tt>a / constant</tt>
+ * </ul> 
+ * <tt>a</tt> is variable, <tt>constant</tt> is fixed, but for performance reasons publicly accessible.
+ * Intended to be passed to <tt>matrix.assign(function)</tt> methods.
+ */
+
+public final class Mult extends DoubleFunction {
+
+  private double multiplicator;
+
+  Mult(double multiplicator) {
+    this.multiplicator = multiplicator;
+  }
+
+  /** Returns the result of the function evaluation. */
+  @Override
+  public double apply(double a) {
+    return a * multiplicator;
+  }
+
+  /** <tt>a / constant</tt>. */
+  public static Mult div(double constant) {
+    return mult(1 / constant);
+  }
+
+  /** <tt>a * constant</tt>. */
+  public static Mult mult(double constant) {
+    return new Mult(constant);
+  }
+
+  public double getMultiplicator() {
+    return multiplicator;
+  }
+
+  public void setMultiplicator(double multiplicator) {
+    this.multiplicator = multiplicator;
+  }
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that represents a procedure object: 
+ * a procedure that takes two arguments and returns a 'continue' flag.
+ */
+public interface ObjectObjectProcedure<K,V> {
+
+  /**
+   * Applies a procedure to an argument. Optionally can return a boolean flag to inform the object calling the
+   * procedure.
+   *
+   * <p>Example: forEach() methods often use procedure objects. To signal to a forEach() method whether iteration should
+   * continue normally or terminate (because for example a matching element has been found), a procedure can return
+   * <tt>false</tt> to indicate termination and <tt>true</tt> to indicate continuation.
+   *
+   * @param key key value passed to the procedure
+   * @param value value value passed to the procedure.
+   * @return a flag  to inform the object calling the procedure.
+   */
+  boolean apply(K key, V value);
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
+is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
+that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
+CERN makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
+It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.
+*/
+
+
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that represents a procedure object: a procedure that takes a single argument and does not return a value.
+ */
+public interface ObjectProcedure<T> {
+
+  /**
+   * Applies a procedure to an argument. Optionally can return a boolean flag to inform the object calling the
+   * procedure.
+   *
+   * <p>Example: forEach() methods often use procedure objects. To signal to a forEach() method whether iteration should
+   * continue normally or terminate (because for example a matching element has been found), a procedure can return
+   * <tt>false</tt> to indicate termination and <tt>true</tt> to indicate continuation.
+   *
+   * @param element element passed to the procedure.
+   * @return a flag  to inform the object calling the procedure.
+   */
+  boolean apply(T element);
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
+is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
+that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
+CERN makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
+It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.
+*/
+
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+import org.apache.mahout.math.jet.math.Constants;
+
+/**
+ * Only for performance tuning of compute intensive linear algebraic computations.
+ * Constructs functions that return one of
+ * <ul>
+ * <li><tt>a + b*constant</tt>
+ * <li><tt>a - b*constant</tt>
+ * <li><tt>a + b/constant</tt>
+ * <li><tt>a - b/constant</tt>
+ * </ul> 
+ * <tt>a</tt> and <tt>b</tt> are variables, <tt>constant</tt> is fixed, but for performance reasons publicly accessible.
+ * Intended to be passed to <tt>matrix.assign(otherMatrix,function)</tt> methods.
+ */
+
+public final class PlusMult extends DoubleDoubleFunction {
+
+  private double multiplicator;
+
+  public PlusMult(double multiplicator) {
+    this.multiplicator = multiplicator;
+  }
+
+  /** Returns the result of the function evaluation. */
+  @Override
+  public double apply(double a, double b) {
+    return a + b * multiplicator;
+  }
+
+  /** <tt>a - b*constant</tt>. */
+  public static PlusMult minusMult(double constant) {
+    return new PlusMult(-constant);
+  }
+
+  /** <tt>a + b*constant</tt>. */
+  public static PlusMult plusMult(double constant) {
+    return new PlusMult(constant);
+  }
+
+  public double getMultiplicator() {
+    return multiplicator;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * x + 0 * c = x
+   * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * 0 + y * c = y * c != 0
+   * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * x + 0 * c = x != 0
+   * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * x + y * c = y + x * c iff c = 1
+   * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isCommutative() {
+    return Math.abs(multiplicator - 1.0) < Constants.EPSILON;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * f(x, f(y, z)) = x + c * (y + c * z) = x + c * y + c^2  * z
+   * f(f(x, y), z) = (x + c * y) + c * z = x + c * y + c * z
+   * true only for c = 0 or c = 1
+   * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isAssociative() {
+    return Math.abs(multiplicator - 0.0) < Constants.EPSILON
+        || Math.abs(multiplicator - 1.0) < Constants.EPSILON;
+  }
+
+  public void setMultiplicator(double multiplicator) {
+    this.multiplicator = multiplicator;
+  }
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+public final class SquareRootFunction extends DoubleFunction {
+
+  @Override
+  public double apply(double arg1) {
+    return Math.sqrt(arg1);
+  }
+}

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+/* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+public final class TimesFunction extends DoubleDoubleFunction {
+
+  /**
+   * Computes the product of two numbers.
+   *
+   * @param x first argument
+   * @param y second argument
+   * @return the product
+   */
+  @Override
+  public double apply(double x, double y) {
+    return x * y;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * x * 0 = y only if y = 0
+   * @return true iff f(x, 0) = x for any x
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isLikeRightPlus() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * 0 * y = 0 for any y
+   * @return true iff f(0, y) = 0 for any y
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isLikeLeftMult() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * x * 0 = 0 for any x
+   * @return true iff f(x, 0) = 0 for any x
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isLikeRightMult() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * x * y = y * x for any x, y
+   * @return true iff f(x, y) = f(y, x) for any x, y
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isCommutative() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * x * (y * z) = (x * y) * z for any x, y, z
+   * @return true iff f(x, f(y, z)) = f(f(x, y), z) for any x, y, z
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isAssociative() {
+    return true;
+  }
+}

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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;
+
+import org.apache.mahout.math.Vector;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a function of a vector that returns a double.
+ */
+public interface VectorFunction {
+  double apply(Vector f);
+}

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+/**
+ * Core interfaces for functions, comparisons and procedures on objects and primitive data types.
+ */
+package org.apache.mahout.math.function;

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/*
+Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose 
+is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and 
+that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. 
+CERN makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. 
+It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.
+*/
+package org.apache.mahout.math.jet.math;
+
+/**
+ * Arithmetic functions.
+ */
+public final class Arithmetic {
+
+  // for method logFactorial(...)
+  // log(k!) for k = 0, ..., 29
+  private static final double[] LOG_FACTORIAL_TABLE = {
+    0.00000000000000000, 0.00000000000000000, 0.69314718055994531,
+    1.79175946922805500, 3.17805383034794562, 4.78749174278204599,
+    6.57925121201010100, 8.52516136106541430, 10.60460290274525023,
+    12.80182748008146961, 15.10441257307551530, 17.50230784587388584,
+    19.98721449566188615, 22.55216385312342289, 25.19122118273868150,
+    27.89927138384089157, 30.67186010608067280, 33.50507345013688888,
+    36.39544520803305358, 39.33988418719949404, 42.33561646075348503,
+    45.38013889847690803, 48.47118135183522388, 51.60667556776437357,
+    54.78472939811231919, 58.00360522298051994, 61.26170176100200198,
+    64.55753862700633106, 67.88974313718153498, 71.25703896716800901
+  };
+
+  // k! for k = 0, ..., 20
+  private static final long[] FACTORIAL_TABLE = {
+    1L,
+    1L,
+    2L,
+    6L,
+    24L,
+    120L,
+    720L,
+    5040L,
+    40320L,
+    362880L,
+    3628800L,
+    39916800L,
+    479001600L,
+    6227020800L,
+    87178291200L,
+    1307674368000L,
+    20922789888000L,
+    355687428096000L,
+    6402373705728000L,
+    121645100408832000L,
+    2432902008176640000L
+  };
+
+  // k! for k = 21, ..., 170
+  private static final double[] LARGE_FACTORIAL_TABLE = {
+    5.109094217170944E19,
+    1.1240007277776077E21,
+    2.585201673888498E22,
+    6.204484017332394E23,
+    1.5511210043330984E25,
+    4.032914611266057E26,
+    1.0888869450418352E28,
+    3.048883446117138E29,
+    8.841761993739701E30,
+    2.652528598121911E32,
+    8.222838654177924E33,
+    2.6313083693369355E35,
+    8.68331761881189E36,
+    2.952327990396041E38,
+    1.0333147966386144E40,
+    3.719933267899013E41,
+    1.3763753091226346E43,
+    5.23022617466601E44,
+    2.0397882081197447E46,
+    8.15915283247898E47,
+    3.34525266131638E49,
+    1.4050061177528801E51,
+    6.041526306337384E52,
+    2.6582715747884495E54,
+    1.196222208654802E56,
+    5.502622159812089E57,
+    2.5862324151116827E59,
+    1.2413915592536068E61,
+    6.082818640342679E62,
+    3.0414093201713376E64,
+    1.5511187532873816E66,
+    8.06581751709439E67,
+    4.274883284060024E69,
+    2.308436973392413E71,
+    1.2696403353658264E73,
+    7.109985878048632E74,
+    4.052691950487723E76,
+    2.350561331282879E78,
+    1.386831185456898E80,
+    8.32098711274139E81,
+    5.075802138772246E83,
+    3.146997326038794E85,
+    1.9826083154044396E87,
+    1.2688693218588414E89,
+    8.247650592082472E90,
+    5.443449390774432E92,
+    3.6471110918188705E94,
+    2.48003554243683E96,
+    1.7112245242814127E98,
+    1.1978571669969892E100,
+    8.504785885678624E101,
+    6.123445837688612E103,
+    4.470115461512686E105,
+    3.307885441519387E107,
+    2.4809140811395404E109,
+    1.8854947016660506E111,
+    1.451830920282859E113,
+    1.1324281178206295E115,
+    8.94618213078298E116,
+    7.15694570462638E118,
+    5.797126020747369E120,
+    4.7536433370128435E122,
+    3.94552396972066E124,
+    3.314240134565354E126,
+    2.8171041143805494E128,
+    2.4227095383672744E130,
+    2.107757298379527E132,
+    1.854826422573984E134,
+    1.6507955160908465E136,
+    1.4857159644817605E138,
+    1.3520015276784033E140,
+    1.2438414054641305E142,
+    1.156772507081641E144,
+    1.0873661566567426E146,
+    1.0329978488239061E148,
+    9.916779348709491E149,
+    9.619275968248216E151,
+    9.426890448883248E153,
+    9.332621544394415E155,
+    9.332621544394418E157,
+    9.42594775983836E159,
+    9.614466715035125E161,
+    9.902900716486178E163,
+    1.0299016745145631E166,
+    1.0813967582402912E168,
+    1.1462805637347086E170,
+    1.2265202031961373E172,
+    1.324641819451829E174,
+    1.4438595832024942E176,
+    1.5882455415227423E178,
+    1.7629525510902457E180,
+    1.974506857221075E182,
+    2.2311927486598138E184,
+    2.543559733472186E186,
+    2.925093693493014E188,
+    3.393108684451899E190,
+    3.96993716080872E192,
+    4.6845258497542896E194,
+    5.574585761207606E196,
+    6.689502913449135E198,
+    8.094298525273444E200,
+    9.875044200833601E202,
+    1.2146304367025332E205,
+    1.506141741511141E207,
+    1.882677176888926E209,
+    2.3721732428800483E211,
+    3.0126600184576624E213,
+    3.856204823625808E215,
+    4.974504222477287E217,
+    6.466855489220473E219,
+    8.471580690878813E221,
+    1.1182486511960037E224,
+    1.4872707060906847E226,
+    1.99294274616152E228,
+    2.690472707318049E230,
+    3.6590428819525483E232,
+    5.0128887482749884E234,
+    6.917786472619482E236,
+    9.615723196941089E238,
+    1.3462012475717523E241,
+    1.8981437590761713E243,
+    2.6953641378881633E245,
+    3.8543707171800694E247,
+    5.550293832739308E249,
+    8.047926057471989E251,
+    1.1749972043909107E254,
+    1.72724589045464E256,
+    2.5563239178728637E258,
+    3.8089226376305687E260,
+    5.7133839564458575E262,
+    8.627209774233244E264,
+    1.3113358856834527E267,
+    2.0063439050956838E269,
+    3.0897696138473515E271,
+    4.789142901463393E273,
+    7.471062926282892E275,
+    1.1729568794264134E278,
+    1.8532718694937346E280,
+    2.946702272495036E282,
+    4.714723635992061E284,
+    7.590705053947223E286,
+    1.2296942187394494E289,
+    2.0044015765453032E291,
+    3.287218585534299E293,
+    5.423910666131583E295,
+    9.003691705778434E297,
+    1.5036165148649983E300,
+    2.5260757449731988E302,
+    4.2690680090047056E304,
+    7.257415615308004E306
+  };
+
+  private Arithmetic() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Efficiently returns the binomial coefficient, often also referred to as "n over k" or "n choose k". The binomial
+   * coefficient is defined as <ul>
+   * <li><tt>k&lt;0</tt>: <tt>0</tt>.</li>
+   * <li><tt>k==0 || k==n</tt>: <tt>1</tt>.</li>
+   * <li><tt>k==1 || k==n-1</tt>: <tt>n</tt>.</li>
+   * <li>else: <tt>(n * n-1 * ... * n-k+1 ) / ( 1 * 2 * ... * k )</tt>.</li>
+   * </ul>
+   *
+   * @return the binomial coefficient.
+   */
+  public static double binomial(long n, long k) {
+    if (k < 0) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    if (k == 0 || k == n) {
+      return 1;
+    }
+    if (k == 1 || k == n - 1) {
+      return n;
+    }
+
+    // try quick version and see whether we get numeric overflows.
+    // factorial(..) is O(1); requires no loop; only a table lookup.
+    if (n > k) {
+      int max = FACTORIAL_TABLE.length + LARGE_FACTORIAL_TABLE.length;
+      if (n < max) { // if (n! < inf && k! < inf)
+        double nFactorial = factorial((int) n);
+        double kFactorial = factorial((int) k);
+        double nMinusKFactorial = factorial((int) (n - k));
+        double nk = nMinusKFactorial * kFactorial;
+        if (nk != Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY) { // no numeric overflow?
+          // now this is completely safe and accurate
+          return nFactorial / nk;
+        }
+      }
+      if (k > n / 2) {
+        k = n - k;
+      } // quicker
+    }
+
+    // binomial(n,k) = (n * n-1 * ... * n-k+1 ) / ( 1 * 2 * ... * k )
+    long a = n - k + 1;
+    long b = 1;
+    double binomial = 1;
+    for (long i = k; i-- > 0;) {
+      binomial *= (double) a++ / b++;
+    }
+    return binomial;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Instantly returns the factorial <tt>k!</tt>.
+   *
+   * @param k must hold <tt>k &gt;= 0</tt>.
+   */
+  private static double factorial(int k) {
+    if (k < 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+    }
+
+    int length1 = FACTORIAL_TABLE.length;
+    if (k < length1) {
+      return FACTORIAL_TABLE[k];
+    }
+
+    int length2 = LARGE_FACTORIAL_TABLE.length;
+    if (k < length1 + length2) {
+      return LARGE_FACTORIAL_TABLE[k - length1];
+    } else {
+      return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns <tt>log(k!)</tt>. Tries to avoid overflows. For {@code k<30} simply
+   * looks up a table in <tt>O(1)</tt>. For {@code k>=30} uses stirlings
+   * approximation.
+   *
+   * @param k must hold <tt>k &gt;= 0</tt>.
+   */
+  public static double logFactorial(int k) {
+    if (k >= 30) {
+
+      double r = 1.0 / k;
+      double rr = r * r;
+      double c7 = -5.95238095238095238e-04;
+      double c5 = 7.93650793650793651e-04;
+      double c3 = -2.77777777777777778e-03;
+      double c1 = 8.33333333333333333e-02;
+      double c0 = 9.18938533204672742e-01;
+      return (k + 0.5) * Math.log(k) - k + c0 + r * (c1 + rr * (c3 + rr * (c5 + rr * c7)));
+    } else {
+      return LOG_FACTORIAL_TABLE[k];
+    }
+  }
+
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+Copyright 1999 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose 
+is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and 
+that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. 
+CERN makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. 
+It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.
+*/
+package org.apache.mahout.math.jet.math;
+
+/**
+ * Defines some useful constants.
+ */
+public final class Constants {
+
+  public static final double MACHEP = 1.11022302462515654042E-16;
+  public static final double MAXLOG = 7.09782712893383996732E2;
+  public static final double MINLOG = -7.451332191019412076235E2;
+  public static final double MAXGAM = 171.624376956302725;
+  public static final double SQTPI = 2.50662827463100050242E0;
+  public static final double LOGPI = 1.14472988584940017414;
+
+  public static final double BIG = 4.503599627370496e15;
+  public static final double BIG_INVERSE = 2.22044604925031308085e-16;
+
+  public static final double EPSILON = 1.0E-6;
+
+  private Constants() {
+  }
+}