catanhf(3) · carta

Usage

double complex catanh(double complex z); float complex catanhf(float complex z); long double complex catanhl(long double complex z);

Library

Math library (libm, -lm)

Overview

These functions calculate the complex arc hyperbolic tangent of z. If y = catanh(z), then z = ctanh(y). The imaginary part of y is chosen in the interval [-pi/2,pi/2].

One has:

catanh(z) = 0.5 * (clog(1 + z) - clog(1 - z))

Attributes

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

Interface	Attribute	Value
catanh(), catanhf(), catanhl()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

Examples

/* Link with "-lm" */
#include <complex.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    double complex z, c, f;
    if (argc != 3) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <real> <imag>\n", argv[0]);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    z = atof(argv[1]) + atof(argv[2]) * I;
    c = catanh(z);
    printf("catanh() = %6.3f %6.3f*i\n", creal(c), cimag(c));
    f = 0.5 * (clog(1 + z) - clog(1 - z));
    printf("formula  = %6.3f %6.3f*i\n", creal(f), cimag(f));
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

History

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