clogf(3) - Linux man page

Name

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

Synopsis

#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

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

These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

Conforming to

C99.

See Also

cabs(3), cexp(3), clog10(3), clog2(3), complex(7)