<replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable>
        <returnvalue><replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable></returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        Subtraction
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>2 - 3</literal>
        <returnvalue>-1</returnvalue>
       </para></entry>
      </row>

      <row>
       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
        <literal>-</literal> <replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable>
        <returnvalue><replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable></returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        Negation
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>- (-4)</literal>
        <returnvalue>4</returnvalue>
       </para></entry>
      </row>

      <row>
       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
        <replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable> <literal>*</literal> <replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable>
        <returnvalue><replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable></returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        Multiplication
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>2 * 3</literal>
        <returnvalue>6</returnvalue>
       </para></entry>
      </row>

      <row>
       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
        <replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable> <literal>/</literal> <replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable>
        <returnvalue><replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable></returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        Division (for integral types, division truncates the result towards
        zero)
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>5.0 / 2</literal>
        <returnvalue>2.5000000000000000</returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>5 / 2</literal>
        <returnvalue>2</returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>(-5) / 2</literal>
        <returnvalue>-2</returnvalue>
       </para></entry>
      </row>

      <row>
       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
        <replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable> <literal>%</literal> <replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable>
        <returnvalue><replaceable>numeric_type</replaceable></returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        Modulo (remainder); available for <type>smallint</type>,
        <type>integer</type>, <type>bigint</type>, and <type>numeric</type>
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>5 % 4</literal>
        <returnvalue>1</returnvalue>
       </para></entry>
      </row>

      <row>
       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
        <type>numeric</type> <literal>^</literal> <type>numeric</type>
        <returnvalue>numeric</returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para role="func_signature">
        <type>double precision</type> <literal>^</literal> <type>double precision</type>
        <returnvalue>double precision</returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        Exponentiation
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>2 ^ 3</literal>
        <returnvalue>8</returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        Unlike typical mathematical practice, multiple uses of
        <literal>^</literal> will associate left to right by default:
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>2 ^ 3 ^ 3</literal>
        <returnvalue>512</returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>2 ^ (3 ^ 3)</literal>
        <returnvalue>134217728</returnvalue>
       </para></entry>
      </row>

      <row>
       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
        <literal>|/</literal> <type>double precision</type>
        <returnvalue>double precision</returnvalue>
       </para>
       <para>
        Square root
       </para>
       <para>
        <literal>|/ 25.0</literal>
        <returnvalue>5</returnvalue>
       </para></entry>
      </row>

      <row>
       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
        <literal>||/</literal> <type>double precision</type>
        <returnvalue>double precision</returnvalue>
       </para>