Hi there,

in Business Central, we generally miss constants and trigonometric, logarithmic, and other common mathematical functions for cloud deployments.

This problem could very easily be solved by a .NET wrapper code unit, where the System.Math namespace (https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/dotnet/api/system.math) is mapped and the static functions are provided in a codeunit.

I see this as something that should be available in a base app, and accessible for cloud and on-premises deployments.

Limited example:

var
dotNetMath: DotNet DotNetMath;

/**!
@summary: Represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, specified by the constant, π.
*/
procedure Pi(): Decimal
begin
exit(3.1415926535897931);
end;

/**!
@summary: Represents the natural logarithmic base, specified by the constant, e.
*/
procedure E(): Decimal
begin
exit(2.7182818284590451);
end;

/**!
@summary:
Returns the angle whose cosine is the specified number.

@param: d
A number representing a cosine, where d must be greater than or equal to -1,
but less than or equal to 1.

@returns:
An angle, θ, measured in radians, such that 0 ≤θ≤π-or- Decimal.NaN if d
< -1 or d > 1 or d equals Decimal.NaN.
*/
procedure Acos(d: Decimal): Decimal
begin
exit(dotNetMath.Acos(d));
end;

/**!
@summary:
Returns the angle whose sine is the specified number.

@param: d
A number representing a sine, where d must be greater than or equal to -1, but
less than or equal to 1.

@returns:
An angle, θ, measured in radians, such that -π/2 ≤θ≤π/2 -or- Decimal.NaN
if d < -1 or d > 1 or d equals Decimal.NaN.
*/
procedure Asin(d: Decimal): Decimal
begin
exit(dotNetMath.Asin(d));
end;

Best regards,
Carsten