@node Math @chapter Mathematical Functions (@file{libm/math.h}) This chapter groups a wide variety of mathematical functions. The corresponding definitions and declarations are in @file{libm/math.h}. If you want to use these functions with programs which @w{@code{#include }}, you need to define the symbol @code{_USE_LIBM_MATH_H} at compile time, e.g. via the compiler option @samp{-D_USE_LIBM_MATH_H}. Two definitions from @file{libm/math.h} are of particular interest. @enumerate @item The representation of infinity as a @code{double} is defined as @code{HUGE_VAL}; this number is returned on overflow by many functions. @item The structure @code{exception} is used when you write customized error handlers for the mathematical functions. You can customize error handling for most of these functions by defining your own version of @code{matherr}; see the section on @code{matherr} for details. @end enumerate Alternative declarations of the mathematical functions, which exploit specific machine capabilities to operate faster---but generally have less error checking and may reflect additional limitations---are available when you include @file{math.h} instead of @file{libm/math.h}. @menu * version:: Version of library * acos:: Arccosine * acosh:: Inverse hyperbolic cosine * asin:: Arcsine * asinh:: Inverse hyperbolic sine * atan:: Arctangent * atan2:: Arctangent of y/x * atanh:: Inverse hyperbolic tangent * jN:: Bessel functions (jN, yN) * cbrt:: Cube root * copysign:: Sign of Y, magnitude of X * cosh:: Hyperbolic cosine * erf:: Error function (erf, erfc) * exp:: Exponential * expm1:: Exponential of x, - 1 * fabs:: Absolute value (magnitude) * floor:: Floor and ceiling (floor, ceil) * fmod:: Floating-point remainder (modulo) * frexp:: Split floating-point number * gamma:: Logarithmic gamma function * hypot:: Distance from origin * ilogb:: Get exponent * infinity:: Floating infinity * isnan:: Check type of number * ldexp:: Load exponent * log:: Natural logarithms * log10:: Base 10 logarithms * log1p:: Log of 1 + X * matherr:: Modifiable math error handler * modf:: Split fractional and integer parts * nan:: Floating Not a Number * nextafter:: Get next representable number * pow:: X to the power Y * rint:: Round and remainder (rint, remainder) * scalbn:: Scale number * sin:: Sine or cosine (sin, cos) * sinh:: Hyperbolic sine * sqrt:: Positive square root * tan:: Tangent * tanh:: Hyperbolic tangent @end menu @page @node version @section Version of library There are four different versions of the math library routines: IEEE, POSIX, X/Open, or SVID. The version may be selected at runtime by setting the global variable @code{_LIB_VERSION}, defined in @file{libm/math.h}, to one of the following constants: @code{_IEEE_}, @code{_POSIX_}, @code{_XOPEN_}, or @code{_SVID_}. (With reentrant C libraries like the Cygnus C library, the @code{_LIB_VERSION} variable is not specific to any thread, and changing it will affect all threads.) The versions of the library differ only in how errors are handled. In IEEE mode, the @code{matherr} function is never called, no warning messages are printed, and @code{errno} is never set. In POSIX mode, @code{errno} is set correctly, but the @code{matherr} function is never called and no warning messages are printed. In X/Open mode, @code{errno} is set correctly, and @code{matherr} is called, but warning messages are not printed. In SVID mode, functions which overflow return 3.40282346638528860e+38, the maximum single precision floating point value, rather than infinity. Also, @code{errno} is set correctly, @code{matherr} is called, and, if @code{matherr} returns 0, warning messages are printed for some errors. For example, by default @samp{log(-1.0)} writes this message on standard error output: @example log: DOMAIN error @end example The library is set to X/Open mode by default. @page @include w_acos.def @page @include w_acosh.def @page @include w_asin.def @page @include s_asinh.def @page @include s_atan.def @page @include w_atan2.def @page @include w_atanh.def @page @include w_j0.def @page @include s_cbrt.def @page @include s_copysign.def @page @include w_cosh.def @page @include s_erf.def @page @include w_exp.def @page @include s_expm1.def @page @include s_fabs.def @page @include s_floor.def @page @include w_fmod.def @page @include s_frexp.def @page @include w_gamma.def @page @include w_hypot.def @page @include s_ilogb.def @page @include s_infinity.def @page @include s_isnan.def @page @include s_ldexp.def @page @include w_log.def @page @include w_log10.def @page @include s_log1p.def @page @include s_matherr.def @page @include s_modf.def @page @include s_nan.def @page @include s_nextafter.def @page @include w_pow.def @page @include w_remainder.def @page @include s_scalbn.def @page @include w_sqrt.def @page @include s_sin.def @page @include w_sinh.def @page @include s_tan.def @page @include s_tanh.def