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NAME top

   complex - basics of complex mathematics

LIBRARY top

   Math library (_libm_, _-lm_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <complex.h>**

DESCRIPTION top

   Complex numbers are numbers of the form z = a+b*i, where a and b
   are real numbers and i = sqrt(-1), so that i*i = -1.

   There are other ways to represent that number.  The pair (a,b) of
   real numbers may be viewed as a point in the plane, given by X-
   and Y-coordinates.  This same point may also be described by
   giving the pair of real numbers (r,phi), where r is the distance
   to the origin O, and phi the angle between the X-axis and the line
   Oz.  Now z = r*exp(i*phi) = r*(cos(phi)+i*sin(phi)).

   The basic operations are defined on z = a+b*i and w = c+d*i as:

   **addition: z+w = (a+c) + (b+d)*i**

   **multiplication: z*w = (a*c - b*d) + (a*d + b*c)*i**

   **division: z/w = ((a*c + b*d)/(c*c + d*d)) + ((b*c - a*d)/(c*c +**
   **d*d))*i**

   Nearly all math function have a complex counterpart but there are
   some complex-only functions.

EXAMPLES top

   Your C-compiler can work with complex numbers if it supports the
   C99 standard.  The imaginary unit is represented by I.

   /* check that exp(i * pi) == -1 */
   #include <math.h>        /* for atan */
   #include <stdio.h>
   #include <complex.h>

   int
   main(void)
   {
       double pi = 4 * atan(1.0);
       double complex z = cexp(I * pi);
       printf("%f + %f * i\n", creal(z), cimag(z));
   }

SEE ALSO top

   [cabs(3)](../man3/cabs.3.html), [cacos(3)](../man3/cacos.3.html), [cacosh(3)](../man3/cacosh.3.html), [carg(3)](../man3/carg.3.html), [casin(3)](../man3/casin.3.html), [casinh(3)](../man3/casinh.3.html),
   [catan(3)](../man3/catan.3.html), [catanh(3)](../man3/catanh.3.html), [ccos(3)](../man3/ccos.3.html), [ccosh(3)](../man3/ccosh.3.html), **cerf**(3), [cexp(3)](../man3/cexp.3.html),
   [cexp2(3)](../man3/cexp2.3.html), [cimag(3)](../man3/cimag.3.html), [clog(3)](../man3/clog.3.html), [clog10(3)](../man3/clog10.3.html), [clog2(3)](../man3/clog2.3.html), [conj(3)](../man3/conj.3.html),
   [cpow(3)](../man3/cpow.3.html), [cproj(3)](../man3/cproj.3.html), [creal(3)](../man3/creal.3.html), [csin(3)](../man3/csin.3.html), [csinh(3)](../man3/csinh.3.html), [csqrt(3)](../man3/csqrt.3.html), [ctan(3)](../man3/ctan.3.html),
   [ctanh(3)](../man3/ctanh.3.html)

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