cexpf, cexp, cexpl

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Technical Specifications

Numerics

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Complex number arithmetics

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Type-generic math

Complex number arithmetic

Types and the imaginary constant
complex _Complex_I CMPLX	imaginary _Imaginary_I I
Manipulation
cimag creal carg	cabs conj cproj
Power and exponential functions
cexp clog	cpow csqrt
Trigonometric functions
ccos csin ctan	cacos casin catan
Hyperbolic functions
ccosh csinh ctanh	cacosh casinh catanh

Defined in header <complex.h>
float complex cexpf( float complex z );	(1)	(since C99)
double complex cexp( double complex z );	(2)	(since C99)
long double complex cexpl( long double complex z );	(3)	(since C99)
Defined in header <tgmath.h>
#define exp( z )	(4)	(since C99)

1-3) Computes the complex base-e exponential of z.

4) Type-generic macro: If z has type long double complex, cexpl is called. if z has type double complex, cexp is called, if z has type float complex, cexpf is called. If z is real or integer, then the macro invokes the corresponding real function (expf, exp, expl). If z is imaginary, the corresponding complex argument version is called.

Parameters

z

-

complex argument

Return value

If no errors occur, e raised to the power of z, ez
is returned.

Error handling and special values

Errors are reported consistent with math_errhandling

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic,

• cexp(conj(z)) == conj(cexp(z))
• If z is 0+0i, the result is 1+0i
• If z is x+i (for any finite x), the result is NaN+NaNi and FE_INVALID is raised.
• If z is x+NaNi (for any finite x), the result is NaN+NaNi and FE_INVALID may be raised.
• If z is ++0i, the result is ++0i
• If z is -+yi (for any finite y), the result is +0cis(y)
• If z is ++yi (for any finite nonzero y), the result is +cis(y)
• If z is -+i, the result is 00i (signs are unspecified)
• If z is ++i, the result is +NaNi and FE_INVALID is raised (the sign of the real part is unspecified)
• If z is -+NaNi, the result is 00i (signs are unspecified)
• If z is ++NaNi, the result is +NaNi (the sign of the real part is unspecified)
• If z is NaN+0i, the result is NaN+0i
• If z is NaN+yi (for any nonzero y), the result is NaN+NaNi and FE_INVALID may be raised
• If z is NaN+NaNi, the result is NaN+NaNi

where cis(y) is cos(y) + i sin(y)

Notes

The complex exponential function ez
for z = x+iy equals to ex
cis(y), or, ex
(cos(y) + i sin(y))

The exponential function is an entire function in the complex plane and has no branch cuts.

Example

Run this code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <complex.h>

int main(void)
{
    double PI = acos(-1);
    double complex z = cexp(I * PI); // Euler's formula
    printf("exp(i*pi) =%.1f%+.1fi\n", creal(z), cimag(z));

}

Output:

exp(i*pi) = -1.0+0.0i

References

• C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

• 7.3.7.1 The cexp functions (p: 194)

• 7.25 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 373-375)

• G.6.3.1 The cexp functions (p: 543)

• G.7 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 545)

• C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

• 7.3.7.1 The cexp functions (p: 176)

• 7.22 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 335-337)

• G.6.3.1 The cexp functions (p: 478)

• G.7 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 480)

See also

clogclogfclogl (C99)(C99)(C99)	computes the complex natural logarithm (function)
expexpfexpl (C99)(C99)	computes e raised to the given power (ex) (function)