.. _spkg_arb:

arb: Arbitrary-precision floating-point ball arithmetic
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Description
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Arb is a C library for arbitrary-precision floating-point ball
arithmetic, developed by Fredrik Johansson
(fredrik.johansson@gmail.com). It supports efficient high-precision
computation with polynomials, power series, matrices and special
functions over the real and complex numbers, with automatic, rigorous
error control.

License
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GNU General Public License v2+


Upstream Contact
----------------

 - Fredrik Johansson: fredrik.johansson@gmail.com

 - https://arblib.org/

 - http://github.com/fredrik-johansson/arb/

Dependencies
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-  FLINT
-  MPIR or GMP
-  MPFR


Special Update/Build Instructions
---------------------------------

Type
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standard


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    2.18.1


Equivalent System Packages
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arch:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo pacman -S  arb-fp

conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install arb-fp

Debian/Ubuntu:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo apt-get install  arb-fp

Fedora/Redhat/CentOS:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo yum install  arb-fp

freebsd:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo pkg install arb-fp

gentoo:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo emerge arb-fp

homebrew:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ brew install arb-fp

nix:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ nix-env --install arb-fp

opensuse:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo zypper install arb-fp

See https://repology.org/project/arb-fp/versions

If the system package is installed, ./configure will check whether it can be used.