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*/
package cern.jet.math;

/**
 * Defines some useful constants.
 */
public class Constants {
  /*
   * machine constants
   */
	protected static final double MACHEP =  1.11022302462515654042E-16;
	protected static final double MAXLOG =  7.09782712893383996732E2;
	protected static final double MINLOG = -7.451332191019412076235E2;
	protected static final double MAXGAM = 171.624376956302725;
	protected static final double SQTPI  =  2.50662827463100050242E0;
	protected static final double SQRTH  =  7.07106781186547524401E-1;
	protected static final double LOGPI  =  1.14472988584940017414;

	protected static final double big = 4.503599627370496e15;
	protected static final double biginv =  2.22044604925031308085e-16;


	/*
 * MACHEP =  1.38777878078144567553E-17       2**-56
 * MAXLOG =  8.8029691931113054295988E1       log(2**127)
 * MINLOG = -8.872283911167299960540E1        log(2**-128)
 * MAXNUM =  1.701411834604692317316873e38    2**127
 *
 * For IEEE arithmetic (IBMPC):
 * MACHEP =  1.11022302462515654042E-16       2**-53
 * MAXLOG =  7.09782712893383996843E2         log(2**1024)
 * MINLOG = -7.08396418532264106224E2         log(2**-1022)
 * MAXNUM =  1.7976931348623158E308           2**1024
 *
 * The global symbols for mathematical constants are
 * PI     =  3.14159265358979323846           pi
 * PIO2   =  1.57079632679489661923           pi/2
 * PIO4   =  7.85398163397448309616E-1        pi/4
 * SQRT2  =  1.41421356237309504880           sqrt(2)
 * SQRTH  =  7.07106781186547524401E-1        sqrt(2)/2
 * LOG2E  =  1.4426950408889634073599         1/log(2)
 * SQ2OPI =  7.9788456080286535587989E-1      sqrt( 2/pi )
 * LOGE2  =  6.93147180559945309417E-1        log(2)
 * LOGSQ2 =  3.46573590279972654709E-1        log(2)/2
 * THPIO4 =  2.35619449019234492885           3*pi/4
 * TWOOPI =  6.36619772367581343075535E-1     2/pi
 */
 
/**
 * Makes this class non instantiable, but still let's others inherit from it.
 */
protected Constants() {}
}
