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Integers and the Integer Constructor

 Calling Sequence Integer(x)

Parameters

 x - expression

Description

 • An integer is an optionally signed, arbitrary-length sequence of one or more decimal digits.  The maximum length of an integer is system dependent and can be obtained by using kernelopts(maxdigits).
 • The Integer(x) constructor function returns
 – x if x is a positive or negative integer,
 – symbolic infinity if x is infinity, or
 – undefined if x is a symbolic undefined.
 – Integer(Re(x)) + I * Integer(Im(x)) if x is of type nonreal.
 Otherwise, it returns unevaluated.
 • The integer 0 does not have a sign (compare the floating-point zeros, +0.0 and -0.0).
 • In addition to arithmetic operators, some basic functions that operate on integers are:

 • There are also many other functions for integers in the numtheory and combinat packages (including binomial coefficients, Fibonacci numbers, Stirling numbers, Jacobi symbol, and Euler's totient function).