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Manual Reference Pages  - CATAN (3)

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catan, catanf, catanl - complex arc tangents

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#include <complex.h>

double complex catan(double complex z);
float complex catanf(float complex z);
long double complex catanl(long double complex z);

Link with -lm.

The catan() function calculates the complex atan(). If y = catan(z), then z = ctan(y). The real part of y is chosen in the interval [-pi/2,pi/2].

One has catan(z) = 1/2i clog((1+iz)/(1-iz)).

C99

ccos(3), clog(3), complex(7)