PRBMath

Smart contract library for advanced fixed-point math, which operates with signed 59.18-decimal fixed-point and unsigned 60.18-decimal fixed-point numbers. The name of the number formats stems from the fact that there can be up to 59/60 digits in the integer part and up to 18 decimals in the fractional part. The numbers are bound by the minimum and the maximum values permitted by the Solidity types int256 and uint256.

• Designed for Solidity >=0.8.0
• Operates with signed and unsigned denary fixed-point numbers, with 18 trailing decimals
• Offers advanced math functions like logarithms, exponentials, powers and square roots
• Gas efficient, but still user-friendly
• Bakes in overflow-safe multiplication and division
• Well-documented via NatSpec comments
• Thoroughly tested with Hardhat and Waffle

I created this because I wanted a fixed-point math library that is at the same time practical, intuitive and efficient. I looked at ABDKMath64x64, which is fast, but I didn't like that it operates with binary numbers and it limits the precision to int128. I then looked at Fixidity, which operates with denary numbers and has wide precision, but is slow and susceptible to phantom overflow.

Caveat Emptor

This is experimental software and is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. I do not give any warranties and will not be liable for any loss, direct or indirect through continued use of this codebase.

Installation

With yarn:

$ yarn add prb-math

Or npm:

npm install prb-math

I adhere to semver, so your contracts won't break unexpectedly when upgrading to a newer minor version of prb-math.

Usage

Once installed, you can use the libraries like this:

PRBMathSD59x18.sol

// SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED
pragma solidity >=0.8.0;

import "prb-math/contracts/PRBMathSD59x18.sol";

contract SignedConsumer {
  using PRBMathSD59x18 for int256;

  function signedLog2(int256 x) external pure returns (int256 result) {
    result = x.log2();
  }

  function signedExp(int256 x) external pure returns (int256 result) {
    result = x.exp();
  }

  /// @notice Calculates x*y÷1e18 while handling possible intermediary overflow.
  /// @dev Try this with x = type(int256).max and y = 5e17.
  function signedMul(int256 x, int256 y) external pure returns (int256 result) {
    result = x.mul(y);
  }

  /// @dev Note that "y" is a basic uint256 integer, not a fixed-point number.
  function signedPow(int256 x, uint256 y) external pure returns (int256 result) {
    result = x.pow(y);
  }

  /// @dev Assuming that 1e18 = 100% and 1e16 = 1%.
  function signedYield(int256 principal, int256 apr) external pure returns (int256 result) {
    result = principal.mul(apr);
  }
}

PRBMathUD60x18.sol

// SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED
pragma solidity >=0.8.0;

import "prb-math/contracts/PRBMathUD60x18.sol";

contract UnsignedConsumer {
  using PRBMathUD60x18 for uint256;

  /// @dev Note that "x" must be greater than or equal to 1e18, lest the result would be negative, and negative
  /// numbers are not supported by the unsigned 60.18-decimal fixed-point representation.
  function unsignedLog2(uint256 x) external pure returns (uint256 result) {
    result = x.log2();
  }

  function unsignedExp(uint256 x) external pure returns (uint256 result) {
    result = x.exp();
  }

  /// @notice Calculates x*y÷1e18 while handling possible intermediary overflow.
  /// @dev Try this with x = type(uint256).max and y = 5e17.
  function unsignedMul(uint256 x, uint256 y) external pure returns (uint256 result) {
    result = x.mul(y);
  }

  /// @dev Note that "y" is a basic uint256 integer, not a fixed-point number.
  function unsignedPow(uint256 x, uint256 y) external pure returns (uint256 result) {
    result = x.pow(y);
  }

  /// @dev Assuming that 1e18 = 100% and 1e16 = 1%.
  function unsignedYield(uint256 principal, uint256 apr) external pure returns (uint256 result) {
    result = principal.mul(apr);
  }
}

Gas Efficiency

PRBMath is faster than ABDKMath for abs, exp, exp2, gm, inv, ln, log2. Conversely, PRBMath is slower than ABDKMath for avg, div, mul, pow and sqrt. There are two technical reasons why PRBMath lags behind ABDKMath's mul and div functions:

1. PRBMath operates with 256-bit word sizes, so it has to account for possible intermediary overflow. ABDKMath operates with 128-bit word sizes.
2. PRBMath rounds up instead of truncating in certain cases (see listing 6 and text above it in this article), which makes it slightly more precise than ABDKMath but comes at a gas cost.

PRBMath

Based on v1.0.0 of the library.

SD59x18	Min	Max	Avg		UD60x18	Min	Max	Avg
abs	68	72	70		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
avg	57	57	57		avg	57	57	57
ceil	82	117	101		ceil	78	78	78
div	431	483	451		div	205	205	205
exp	35	3272	2507		exp	2065	3220	2529
exp2	63	2678	2113		exp2	1784	2652	2112
floor	82	117	101		floor	43	43	43
frac	23	23	23		frac	23	23	23
gm	26	892	690		gm	26	893	691
inv	40	40	40		inv	40	40	40
ln	463	7306	4724		ln	419	6902	3814
log10	104	9074	4337		log10	503	8695	4571
log2	377	7241	4243		log2	330	6825	3426
mul	455	463	459		mul	219	275	247
pow	293	24745	5681		pow	83	24535	5471
sqrt	140	839	716		sqrt	114	846	710

ABDKMath64x64

Based on v3.0 of the library. See abdk-gas-estimations.

Method	Min	Max	Avg
abs	88	92	90
avg	41	41	41
div	168	168	168
exp	77	3780	2687
exp2	77	3600	2746
gavg	166	875	719
inv	157	157	157
ln	7074	7164	7126
log2	6972	7062	7024
mul	111	111	111
pow	303	4740	1792
sqrt	129	809	699

Contributing

Familiarity with Hardhat, Ethers and Waffle and TypeScript is requisite.

Pre Requisites

Before running any command, make sure to install dependencies:

$ yarn install

Compile

Compile the smart contracts with Hardhat:

$ yarn compile

TypeChain

Compile the smart contracts and generate TypeChain artifacts:

$ yarn typechain

Lint Solidity

Lint the Solidity code:

$ yarn lint:sol

Lint TypeScript

Lint the TypeScript code:

$ yarn lint:ts

Test

Run the Mocha tests:

$ yarn test

Coverage

Generate the code coverage report:

$ yarn coverage

Clean

Delete the smart contract artifacts, the coverage reports and the Hardhat cache:

$ yarn clean

Security

While I set a high bar for code quality and test coverage, you shouldn't assume that this library is completely safe to use. The contracts have not been audited by a security researcher. If you discover any security issues, please report them via Keybase.

Acknowledgements

I am grateful to:

• Mikhail Vladimirov for the insights he shared in his Math in Solidity series.
• Remco Bloemen for his work on overflow-safe multiplication and division and for responding to the questions I asked him while developing the library.

License

The library is released under the WTFPL License.