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diff --git a/math/p5-Math-Series/pkg-descr b/math/p5-Math-Series/pkg-descr index 15e2b946247c..e772129367ae 100644 --- a/math/p5-Math-Series/pkg-descr +++ b/math/p5-Math-Series/pkg-descr @@ -1,24 +1,24 @@ -Math::Series defines a class for simple mathematic series with a recursive -definition such as x_(n+1) = 1 / (x_n + 1). Such a recursive definition is -treated as a sequence whose elements will be added to form a series. You -can refer to the previous sequence element as well as to the current index -in the series. Creation of a Math::Series object is described below in the +Math::Series defines a class for simple mathematic series with a recursive +definition such as x_(n+1) = 1 / (x_n + 1). Such a recursive definition is +treated as a sequence whose elements will be added to form a series. You +can refer to the previous sequence element as well as to the current index +in the series. Creation of a Math::Series object is described below in the paragraph about the constructor. -Math::Series uses Math::Symbolic to parse and modify the recursive -sequence definitions. That means you specify the sequence as a string -which is parsed by Math::Symbolic. Alternatively, you can pass the +Math::Series uses Math::Symbolic to parse and modify the recursive +sequence definitions. That means you specify the sequence as a string +which is parsed by Math::Symbolic. Alternatively, you can pass the constructor a Math::Symbolic tree directly. -Because Math::Series uses Math::Symbolic for its implementation, all -results will be Math::Symbolic objects which may contain other variables +Because Math::Series uses Math::Symbolic for its implementation, all +results will be Math::Symbolic objects which may contain other variables than the sequence variable and the iterator variable. -Each Math::Series object is an iterator to iterate over the elements of -the series starting at the first element (which was specified by the -starting element, the second argument to the new() constructor). It offers -facilities to cache all calculated elements and access any element -directly, though unless the element has been cached in a previous +Each Math::Series object is an iterator to iterate over the elements of +the series starting at the first element (which was specified by the +starting element, the second argument to the new() constructor). It offers +facilities to cache all calculated elements and access any element +directly, though unless the element has been cached in a previous calculation, this is just a shortcut for repeated use of the iterator. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Series/ |