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CLOG(3)                       Linux Programmer's Manual                       CLOG(3)

NAME         top

       clog, clogf, clogl - natural logarithm of a complex number

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <complex.h>

       double complex clog(double complex z);
       float complex clogf(float complex z);
       long double complex clogl(long double complex z);

       Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION         top

       The logarithm clog() is the inverse function of the exponential cexp(3).
       Thus, if y = clog(z), then z = cexp(y).  The imaginary part of y is chosen in
       the interval [-pi,pi].

       One has:

           clog(z) = log(cabs(z)) + I * carg(z)

       Note that z close to zero will cause an overflow.

VERSIONS         top

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99.

SEE ALSO         top

       cabs(3), cexp(3), clog10(3), complex(7)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.23 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can be found
       at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

                                      2008-08-11                              CLOG(3)