# Best way to do heavy math operations in Ignition?

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** scripting, ignition79\
**Created:** [September 20, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-do-heavy-math-operations-in-ignition/15412 "2017-09-20T16:32:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-do-heavy-math-operations-in-ignition/15412/8 "2018-02-20T18:24:56Z")

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I'd be hurt that no one mentioned this... if it wasn't for my huge ego... 😉

> [@Math Extensions for Ignition](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/math-extensions-for-ignition/3106):
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> EDIT 2017-07-13: Things have changed enough that this first post is getting revamped. EDIT 2019-08-08: Re-uploaded due to broken link Some useful math functions just aren’t available through scripting. This is an attempt to rectify some of it. Functions: sum mean rectangular-to-polar conversions polar-to-rectangular conversions simple linear regressions polynomial regression greatest-common-denominator least common multiple standard deviation (population and sample) decimal to BCD decimal t…

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