ctan(3) Library Functions Manual ctan(3)
NAME
ctan, ctanf, ctanl - complex tangent function
LIBRARY
Math library (libm, -lm)
SYNOPSIS
#include <complex.h>
double complex ctan(double complex z);
float complex ctanf(float complex z);
long double complex ctanl(long double complex z);
DESCRIPTION
These functions calculate the complex tangent of z.
The complex tangent function is defined as:
ctan(z) = csin(z) / ccos(z)
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attrib-
utes(7).
┌───────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├───────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ ctan(), ctanf(), ctanl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└───────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
cabs(3), catan(3), ccos(3), csin(3), complex(7)
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