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clog(3)                  Library Functions Manual                 clog(3)
       clog, clogf, clogl - natural logarithm of a complex number
       Math library (libm, -lm)
       #include <complex.h>
       double complex clog(double complex z);
       float complex clogf(float complex z);
       long double complex clogl(long double complex z);
       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:
           clog(z) = log(cabs(z)) + I * carg(z)
       Note that z close to zero will cause an overflow.
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                            │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ clog(), clogf(), clogl()             │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
       C11, POSIX.1-2008.
       glibc 2.1.  C99, POSIX.1-2001.
       cabs(3), cexp(3), clog10(3), clog2(3), complex(7)
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Linux man-pages 6.15            2025-05-17                        clog(3)
Pages that refer to this page: cacos(3), casin(3), catan(3), cexp(3), clog10(3), clog2(3), log(3), complex(7)