These functions will not be usually called on themselves, but
through their wrappers, mainly balanceBase.
References
Egozcue J.J., V. Pawlowsky-Glahn, G. Mateu-Figueras and
C. Barcel'o-Vidal (2003) Isometric logratio transformations for
compositional data analysis. Mathematical Geology, 35(3)
279-300