---
title: "Deterministic maths: Phaser AE API 3.0.0-2"
package: "@phaser-ae/kernel"
version: 3.0.0-2
released: 2026-10-19
updated: 2026-10-20
description: "`deterministicMath`, a `Math` whose 22 implementation-approximated functions are ported from fdlibm and give the same bits on every engine; the module the bakery injects as every bundle's `Math`; `installDeterministicMath()` for a Node host"
url: https://phaser.io/kernel/docs/3.0.0-2/math
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# Deterministic maths

`deterministicMath`, a `Math` whose 22 implementation-approximated functions are ported from fdlibm and give the same bits on every engine; the module the bakery injects as every bundle's `Math`; `installDeterministicMath()` for a Node host. Kernel 3.0.0-2, from `engine/kernel/src/math.ts`, `engine/kernel/src/math-shim.ts`.

## Functions

### `installDeterministicMath`

```ts
function installDeterministicMath(): () => void
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

Replace the transcendental functions on a host's own global `Math` with the deterministic ones, for code that no
bundle reaches: a Node test, a game server running rule packs. Returns a function that puts the host's back. Never
call it in a page: the page around the game would change too.

## Constants

### `DETERMINISTIC_MATH_FUNCTIONS`

```ts
const DETERMINISTIC_MATH_FUNCTIONS: ReadonlyArray<string>
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

The names of the `Math` functions ECMAScript leaves implementation-approximated, which `deterministicMath` and
`installDeterministicMath` replace. `Math.random` is not among them: chance comes from `game.rng` (Law 4).

### `deterministicMath`

```ts
const deterministicMath: Math
```

*From* `@phaser-ae/kernel`

A complete `Math` whose transcendental functions return the same bits on every engine. Everything else (the
constants, `abs`, `sqrt`, `floor`, `min`, `max`, `imul`, `fround`, `random` …) is the host's own, which ECMAScript
already specifies exactly. The bakery makes this the `Math` of every bundle it builds.

---

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