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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
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diff --git a/man/man3/carg.3 b/man/man3/carg.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8773247 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/carg.3 @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de) +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later +.\" +.TH carg 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +carg, cargf, cargl \- calculate the complex argument +.SH LIBRARY +Math library +.RI ( libm ", " \-lm ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <complex.h> +.P +.BI "double carg(double complex " z ");" +.BI "float cargf(float complex " z ");" +.BI "long double cargl(long double complex " z ");" +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +These functions calculate the complex argument (also called phase angle) of +.IR z , +with a branch cut along the negative real axis. +.P +A complex number can be described by two real coordinates. +One may use rectangular coordinates and gets +.P +.in +4n +.EX +z = x + I * y +.EE +.in +.P +where +.I x\~=\~creal(z) +and +.IR y\~=\~cimag(z) . +.P +Or one may use polar coordinates and gets +.P +.in +4n +.EX +z = r * cexp(I * a) +.EE +.in +.P +where +.I r\~=\~cabs(z) +is the "radius", the "modulus", the absolute value of +.IR z , +and +.I a\~=\~carg(z) +is the "phase angle", the argument of +.IR z . +.P +One has: +.P +.in +4n +.EX +tan(carg(z)) = cimag(z) / creal(z) +.EE +.in +.SH RETURN VALUE +The return value is in the range of [\-pi,pi]. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR carg (), +.BR cargf (), +.BR cargl () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +C11, POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +glibc 2.1. +C99, POSIX.1-2001. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR cabs (3), +.BR complex (7) |