cacosf, cacos, cacosl

[edit] Parameters

[edit] Return value

If no errors occur, complex arc cosine of z is returned, in the range a strip unbounded along the imaginary axis and in the interval [0; π] along the real axis.

[edit] Error handling and special values

Errors are reported consistent with math_errhandling.

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic,

• cacos(conj (z)) == conj (cacos(z))
• If z is ±0+0i, the result is π/2-0i
• If z is ±0+NaNi, the result is π/2+NaNi
• If z is x+∞i (for any finite x), the result is π/2-∞i
• If z is x+NaNi (for any nonzero finite x), the result is NaN+NaNi and FE_INVALID may be raised.
• If z is -∞+yi (for any positive finite y), the result is π-∞i
• If z is +∞+yi (for any positive finite y), the result is +0-∞i
• If z is -∞+∞i, the result is 3π/4-∞i
• If z is +∞+∞i, the result is π/4-∞i
• If z is ±∞+NaNi, the result is NaN±∞i (the sign of the imaginary part is unspecified)
• If z is NaN+yi (for any finite y), the result is NaN+NaNi and FE_INVALID may be raised
• If z is NaN+∞i, the result is NaN-∞i
• If z is NaN+NaNi, the result is NaN+NaNi

[edit] Notes

Inverse cosine (or arc cosine) is a multivalued function and requires a branch cut on the complex plane. The branch cut is conventially placed at the line segments (-∞,-1) and (1,∞) of the real axis.

For any z, acos(z) = π - acos(-z)

[edit] Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <complex.h>
 
int main(void)
{
 double complex z = cacos(-2);
 printf ("cacos(-2+0i) = %f%+fi\n", creal (z), cimag (z));
 
 double complex z2 = cacos(conj (-2)); // or CMPLX(-2, -0.0)
 printf ("cacos(-2-0i) (the other side of the cut) = %f%+fi\n", creal (z2), cimag (z2));
 
 // for any z, acos(z) = pi - acos(-z)
 double pi = acos (-1);
 double complex z3 = ccos (pi-z2);
 printf ("ccos(pi - cacos(-2-0i) = %f%+fi\n", creal (z3), cimag (z3));
}

cacos(-2+0i) = 3.141593-1.316958i
cacos(-2-0i) (the other side of the cut) = 3.141593+1.316958i
ccos(pi - cacos(-2-0i) = 2.000000+0.000000i

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