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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2015-04-12 12:25:28 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2015-04-12 15:49:58 +0200
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clog.3: Add introductory sentence explaining what these functions calculate
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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ clog, clogf, clogl \- natural logarithm of a complex number
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Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
+These functions calcualte the complex natural logarithm of
+.IR z ,
+with a branch cut along the negative real axis.
+
The logarithm
.BR clog ()
is the inverse function of the exponential