This is a big-number library for Lua 5.1. It is based on the arbitrary
precision library MAPM written by Michael C. Ring. MAPM is available at
	http://www.tc.umn.edu/~ringx004/mapm-main.html

To try this Lua library, edit Makefile to reflect your installation of Lua
and MAPM. Then run make. This will build the library and run a simple test.
For detailed installation instructions, see
        http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/install.html

There is no manual but the library is simple and intuitive, specially given
the metamethods; see the summary below. Read also test.lua, which shows the
library in action.

This code is hereby placed in the public domain.
Please send comments, suggestions, and bug reports to lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br .

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mapm library:
 __add(x,y) 		 atanh(x) 		 log10(x) 
 __div(x,y) 		 cbrt(x) 		 mul(x,y) 
 __eq(x,y) 		 ceil(x) 		 neg(x) 
 __lt(x,y) 		 compare(x,y) 		 number(x) 
 __mod(x,y) 		 cos(x) 		 pow(x,y) 
 __mod(x,y) 		 cosh(x) 		 round(x) 
 __mul(x,y) 		 digits([n]) 		 sign(x) 
 __pow(x,y) 		 digitsin(x) 		 sin(x) 
 __sub(x,y) 		 div(x,y) 		 sincos(x) 
 __tostring(x) 		 exp(x) 		 sinh(x) 
 __unm(x) 		 exponent(x) 		 sqrt(x) 
 abs(x) 		 factorial(x) 		 sub(x,y) 
 acos(x) 		 floor(x) 		 tan(x) 
 acosh(x) 		 idiv(x,y) 		 tanh(x) 
 add(x,y) 		 inv(x) 		 tonumber(x) 
 asin(x) 		 iseven(x) 		 tostring(x,[n,exp]) 
 asinh(x) 		 isint(x) 		 version 
 atan(x) 		 isodd(x) 
 atan2(y,x) 		 log(x) 

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