Use members of the basic class to perform commonly used mathematical calculations and transformations. The basic class does not include trigonometric functions.
| Function | Description |
| abs | Absolute value |
| angle | Phase angles of complex numbers |
| cart2pol | Cartesian to polar (cylindrical) |
| cart2sph | Cartesian to spherical |
| ceil | Rounds towards +inf |
| conj | Complex conjugates |
| cplxpair | Sorts complex numbers by conjugate pairs |
| cumprod | Cumulative products |
| cumsum | Cumulative sums |
| exp | Exponential function |
| factor | Prime factors |
| factorial | N! |
| fix | Rounds towards 0 |
| floor | Rounds towards -inf |
| gcd | Greatest common divisor |
| imag | Imaginary part |
| lcm | Least common multiple |
| log | Natural logarithm |
| log10 | Base 10 logarithm |
| log2 | Base 2 logarithm |
| max | Largest element |
| min | Smallest element |
| mod | Modulo |
| nextpow2 | Next power of 2 |
| planerot | Givens rotation |
| pol2cart | Polar (cylindrical) to Cartesian |
| pow2 | Power of 2 |
| prod | Product |
| real | Real part |
| reallog | Natural logarithm of positive real numbers |
| realpow | Element-wise powers |
| realsqrt | Square roots of positive real numbers |
| rem | Remainder |
| round | Rounds to nearest number |
| sign | Sign of matrix elements |
| sort | Sorts vectors and matrices |
| sortrows | Sorts rows of matrices |
| sph2cart | Spherical to Cartesian |
| sqrt | Square root function |
| sum | Sum |