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cacos(3) Library Functions Manual cacos(3)

cacos, cacosf, cacosl - complex arc cosine

Math library (libm, -lm)

#include <complex.h>
double complex cacos(double complex z);
float complex cacosf(float complex z);
long double complex cacosl(long double complex z);

These functions calculate the complex arc cosine of z. If y = cacos(z), then z = ccos(y). The real part of y is chosen in the interval [0,pi].

One has:


cacos(z) = -i * clog(z + i * csqrt(1 - z * z))

These functions were added in glibc 2.1.

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface Attribute Value
cacos (), cacosf (), cacosl () Thread safety MT-Safe

C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

/* Link with "-lm" */
#include <complex.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

double complex z, c, f;
double complex i = I;
if (argc != 3) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <real> <imag>\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
z = atof(argv[1]) + atof(argv[2]) * I;
c = cacos(z);
printf("cacos() = %6.3f %6.3f*i\n", creal(c), cimag(c));
f = -i * clog(z + i * csqrt(1 - z * z));
printf("formula = %6.3f %6.3f*i\n", creal(f), cimag(f));
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }

ccos(3), clog(3), complex(7)

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