1CPROJ(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual CPROJ(3P)
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13 cproj, cprojf, cprojl — complex projection functions
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16 #include <complex.h>
17 double complex cproj(double complex z);
19 float complex cprojf(float complex z);
20 long double complex cprojl(long double complex z);
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23 The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the
24 ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here
25 and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2008
26 defers to the ISO C standard.
27 These functions shall compute a projection of z onto the Riemann
29 sphere: z projects to z, except that all complex infinities (even those
30 with one infinite part and one NaN part) project to positive infinity
31 on the real axis. If z has an infinite part, then cproj(z) shall be
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33 INFINITY + I * copysign(0.0, cimag(z))
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37 These functions shall return the value of the projection onto the Rie‐
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41 No errors are defined.
42 The following sections are informative.
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52 Two topologies are commonly used in complex mathematics: the complex
53 plane with its continuum of infinities, and the Riemann sphere with its
54 single infinity. The complex plane is better suited for transcendental
55 functions, the Riemann sphere for algebraic functions. The complex
56 types with their multiplicity of infinities provide a useful (though
57 imperfect) model for the complex plane. The cproj() function helps
58 model the Riemann sphere by mapping all infinities to one, and should
59 be used just before any operation, especially comparisons, that might
60 give spurious results for any of the other infinities. Note that a com‐
61 plex value with one infinite part and one NaN part is regarded as an
62 infinity, not a NaN, because if one part is infinite, the complex value
63 is infinite independent of the value of the other part. For the same
64 reason, cabs() returns an infinity if its argument has an infinite part
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71 carg(), cimag(), conj(), creal()
72 The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <complex.h>
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