--- a/doc/ChangeLog	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2009-04-26  Rik  <rdrider0-list@yahoo.com>
+	* interpreter/arith.txi: Update section 17.5 (Utility Functions) of arith.txi
+
 2009-04-26  Rik  <rdrider0-list@yahoo.com>
 	* interpreter/arith.txi: Update section 17.4 (Sums and Products) of arith.txi
 

--- a/doc/interpreter/arith.txi	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/doc/interpreter/arith.txi	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@
 
 @DOCSTRING(lcm)
 
+@DOCSTRING(list_primes)
+
 @DOCSTRING(max)
 
 @DOCSTRING(min)

--- a/scripts/elfun/lcm.m	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/scripts/elfun/lcm.m	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn {Mapping Function} {} lcm (@var{x}, @dots{})
+## @deftypefn  {Mapping Function} {} lcm (@var{x})
+## @deftypefnx {Mapping Function} {} lcm (@var{x}, @dots{})
 ## Compute the least common multiple of the elements of @var{x}, or
 ## of the list of all arguments.  For example,
 ##

--- a/scripts/general/del2.m	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/scripts/general/del2.m	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -22,14 +22,18 @@
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{d} =} del2 (@var{m}, @var{h})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{d} =} del2 (@var{m}, @var{dx}, @var{dy}, @dots{})
 ##
-## Calculate the discrete Laplace operator.  If @var{m} is a matrix this is
-## defined as
+## Calculate the discrete Laplace
+## @tex
+## operator $( \nabla^2 )$.
+## @end tex
+## @ifnottex
+## operator.
+## @end ifnottex
+##  For a 2-dimensional matrix @var{m} this is defined as
 ##
-## @iftex
 ## @tex
 ## $$d = {1 \over 4} \left( {d^2 \over dx^2} M(x,y) + {d^2 \over dy^2} M(x,y) \right)$$
 ## @end tex
-## @end iftex
 ## @ifnottex
 ## @example
 ## @group
@@ -40,15 +44,14 @@
 ## @end example
 ## @end ifnottex
 ##
-## The above to continued to N-dimensional arrays calculating the second
-## derivative over the higher dimensions.
+## For N-dimensional arrays the sum in parentheses is expanded to include second derivatives 
+## over the additional higher dimensions.
 ##
 ## The spacing between evaluation points may be defined by @var{h}, which is a
 ## scalar defining the equidistant spacing in all dimensions.  Alternatively, 
-## the spacing
-## in each dimension may be defined separately by @var{dx}, @var{dy}, etc. 
-## Scalar spacing values give equidistant spacing, whereas vector spacing 
-## values can be used to specify variable spacing.  The length of the vectors
+## the spacing in each dimension may be defined separately by @var{dx}, @var{dy},
+## etc.  A scalar spacing argument defines equidistant spacing, whereas a vector
+## argument can be used to specify variable spacing.  The length of the spacing vectors
 ## must match the respective dimension of @var{m}.  The default spacing value
 ## is 1.
 ##

--- a/scripts/general/gradient.m	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/scripts/general/gradient.m	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@dots{}] =} gradient (@var{f}, @var{x0}, @var{s})
 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@dots{}] =} gradient (@var{f}, @var{x0}, @var{x}, @var{y}, @dots{})
 ##
-## Calculate the gradient of sampled data or of a function.  If @var{m}
-## is a vector, calculate the one dimensional gradient of @var{m}.  If
+## Calculate the gradient of sampled data or a function.  If @var{m}
+## is a vector, calculate the one-dimensional gradient of @var{m}.  If
 ## @var{m} is a matrix the gradient is calculated for each dimension.
 ##
 ## @code{[@var{dx}, @var{dy}] = gradient (@var{m})} calculates the one

--- a/scripts/linear-algebra/cross.m	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/scripts/linear-algebra/cross.m	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
-## @deftypefn {Function File} {} cross (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{dim})
-## Computes the vector cross product of the two 3-dimensional vectors
+## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} cross (@var{x}, @var{y})
+## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} cross (@var{x}, @var{y}, @var{dim})
+## Compute the vector cross product of two 3-dimensional vectors
 ## @var{x} and @var{y}.
 ##
 ## @example
@@ -31,8 +32,9 @@
 ##
 ## If @var{x} and @var{y} are matrices, the cross product is applied 
 ## along the first dimension with 3 elements.  The optional argument 
-## @var{dim} is used to force the cross product to be calculated along
-## the dimension defined by @var{dim}.
+## @var{dim} forces the cross product to be calculated along
+## the specified dimension.
+## @seealso{dot}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>

--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/list_primes.m	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/list_primes.m	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -20,17 +20,10 @@
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} list_primes (@var{n})
 ## List the first @var{n} primes.  If @var{n} is unspecified, the first
-## 30 primes are listed.
+## 25 primes are listed.
 ##
-## The algorithm used is from page 218 of the
-## @iftex
-## @tex
-##  {\TeX}book.
-## @end tex
-## @end iftex
-## @ifnottex
-##  TeXbook.
-## @end ifnottex
+## The algorithm used is from page 218 of the @TeX{}book.
+## @seealso{primes, isprime}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: jwe
@@ -44,7 +37,7 @@
   endif
 
   if (nargin == 0)
-    n = 30;
+    n = 25;
   endif
 
   if (n == 1)

--- a/scripts/specfun/factorial.m	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/scripts/specfun/factorial.m	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
 
 ## -*- texinfo -*-
 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} factorial (@var{n})
-## Return the factorial of @var{n}.  If @var{n} is a scalar, this is
-## equivalent to @code{prod (1:@var{n})}.  For vector or matrix arguments,
-## return the factorial of each element in the array.
+## Return the factorial of @var{n} where @var{n} is a positive integer.  If
+## @var{n} is a scalar, this is equivalent to @code{prod (1:@var{n})}.  For
+## vector or matrix arguments, return the factorial of each element in the
+## array.  For non-integers see the generalized factorial function
+## @code{gamma}.
+## @seealso{prod, gamma}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
 function x = factorial (n)

--- a/scripts/specfun/primes.m	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/scripts/specfun/primes.m	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -23,10 +23,17 @@
 ##
 ## The algorithm used is the Sieve of Erastothenes.
 ##
-## Note that if you need a specific number of primes, you can use the
-## fact the distance from one prime to the next is on average
-## proportional to the logarithm of the prime.  Integrating, you find
-## that there are about @math{k} primes less than @math{k \log (5 k)}.
+## Note that if you need a specific number of primes you can use the
+## fact the distance from one prime to the next is, on average,
+## proportional to the logarithm of the prime.  Integrating, one finds
+## that there are about @math{k} primes less than
+## @tex
+## $k \log (5 k)$.
+## @end tex
+## @ifnottex
+## k*log(5*k).
+## @end ifnottex
+## @seealso{list_primes, isprime}
 ## @end deftypefn
 
 ## Author: Paul Kienzle

--- a/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/max.cc	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/src/DLD-FUNCTIONS/max.cc	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
 \n\
 @example\n\
 @group\n\
-[x, ix] = min ([1, 3, 0, 2, 5])\n\
+[x, ix] = min ([1, 3, 0, 2, 0])\n\
     @result{}  x = 0\n\
         ix = 3\n\
 @end group\n\

--- a/src/data.cc	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/src/data.cc	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -737,10 +737,10 @@
 DEFUN (hypot, args, ,
   "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} hypot (@var{x}, @var{y})\n\
-Compute the element-by-element square root of the squares of @var{x} and\n\
-@var{y}.  This is equivalent to @code{sqrt (@var{x}.^ 2 + @var{y}\n\
-.^ 2)}, but calculated in a manner that avoids overflows for large\n\
-values of @var{x} or @var{y}.\n\
+Compute the element-by-element square root of the sum of the squares of\n\
+@var{x} and @var{y}.  This is equivalent to\n\
+@code{sqrt (@var{x}.^2 + @var{y}.^2)}, but calculated in a manner that\n\
+avoids overflows for large values of @var{x} or @var{y}.\n\
 @end deftypefn")
 {
   octave_value retval;

--- a/src/mappers.cc	Thu Apr 30 16:24:34 2009 -0700
+++ b/src/mappers.cc	Fri May 01 10:06:16 2009 -0700
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
 DEFUN (fix, args, ,
     "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
 @deftypefn {Mapping Function} {} fix (@var{x})\n\
-Truncate fractional portion of @var{x} and return integer portion.  This\n\
+Truncate fractional portion of @var{x} and return the integer portion.  This\n\
 is equivalent to rounding towards zero.  If @var{x} is complex, return\n\
 @code{fix (real (@var{x})) + fix (imag (@var{x})) * I}.\n\
 @example\n\