CACOS(3)

NAME
cacos, cacosf, cacosl - complex arc cosine

SYNOPSIS
#include <complex.h>

double complex cacos(double complex z);
float complex cacosf(float complex z);
long double complex cacosl(long double complex z);

Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION
The cacos() function calculates 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))

VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

CONFORMING TO
C99.

EXAMPLE
/* Link with "-lm" */
#include <complex.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.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);
}

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

COLOPHON
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