.\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later
.\"
.TH CPOW 3 2021-03-22 GNU "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
cpow, cpowf, cpowl \- complex power function
.SH LIBRARY
Math library
.RI ( libm ", " \-lm )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <complex.h>
.PP
.BI "double complex cpow(double complex " x ", double complex " z );
.BI "float complex cpowf(float complex " x ", float complex " z );
.BI "long double complex cpowl(long double complex " x ,
.BI "                          long double complex " z );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
These functions calculate
.I x
raised to the power
.I z
(with a branch cut for
.I x
along the negative real axis.)
.SH VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.ad l
.nh
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.BR cpow (),
.BR cpowf (),
.BR cpowl ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE
.hy
.ad
.sp 1
.SH STANDARDS
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR cabs (3),
.BR pow (3),
.BR complex (7)