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clog(3)

natural logarithm of a complex number

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Synopsis

#include <complex.h>
double complex clog(double complex 
z
);
float complex clogf(float complex 
z
);
long double complex clogl(long double complex 
z
);

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NAME

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

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS

bash

#include <complex.h>

bash

double complex clog(double complex \nz\n);\n
\nfloat complex clogf(float complex \nz\n);\n
\nlong double complex clogl(long double complex \nz\n);

DESCRIPTION

These functions calculate the complex natural logarithm of z, with a branch cut along the negative real axis.

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:

bash

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

Note that z close to zero will cause an overflow.

ATTRIBUTES

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

Interface	Attribute	Value
clog (), clogf (), clogl ()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.