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csqrt

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complex square root

Library functionsmanpages-dev 6.9.1-1also documents csqrtf, csqrtl
#include <complex.h> double complex csqrt(double complex z); float complex csqrtf(float complex z); long double complex csqrtl(long double complex z);

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

DESCRIPTION

These functions calculate the complex square root of z, with a branch cut along the negative real axis. (That means that csqrt(-1+eps*I) will be close to I while csqrt(-1-eps*I) will be close to -I, if eps is a small positive real number.)

ATTRIBUTES

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

Interface Attribute Value
csqrt (), csqrtf (), csqrtl () Thread safety MT-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.

See also