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cprojl(3)

cprojl3

Project into riemann sphere

Part of cproj(3).

Usage

double complex cproj(double complex z); float complex cprojf(float complex z); long double complex cprojl(long double complex z);

Library

Math library (libm, -lm)

Overview

These functions project a point in the plane onto the surface of a Riemann Sphere, the one-point compactification of the complex plane. Each finite point z projects to z itself. Every complex infinite value is projected to a single infinite value, namely to positive infinity on the real axis.

Attributes

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

InterfaceAttributeValue
cproj(), cprojf(), cprojl()Thread safetyMT-Safe

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch)
  • Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

Standards

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

History

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.

In glibc 2.11 and earlier, the implementation does something different (a stereographic projection onto a Riemann Sphere).

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.