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3.5 KiB
Groff
126 lines
3.5 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" @(#)hypot.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt HYPOT 3
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm hypot ,
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.Nm cabs
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.Nd euclidean distance and complex absolute value functions
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <math.h>
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.Ft double
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.Fn hypot "double x" "double y"
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.Fd struct {double x, y;} z;
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.Ft double
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.Fn cabs z
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn hypot
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and
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.Fn cabs
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functions
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computes the
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sqrt(x*x+y*y)
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in such a way that underflow will not happen, and overflow
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occurs only if the final result deserves it.
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.Pp
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.Fn hypot "\*(If" "v"
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=
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.Fn hypot "v" "\*(If"
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= +\*(If for all
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.Ar v ,
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including \*(Na.
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.Sh ERROR (due to Roundoff, etc.)
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Below 0.97
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.Em ulps .
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Consequently
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.Fn hypot "5.0" "12.0"
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= 13.0
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exactly;
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in general, hypot and cabs return an integer whenever an
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integer might be expected.
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.Pp
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The same cannot be said for the shorter and faster version of hypot
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and cabs that is provided in the comments in cabs.c; its error can
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exceed 1.2
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.Em ulps .
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.Sh NOTES
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As might be expected,
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.Fn hypot "v" "\*(Na"
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and
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.Fn hypot "\*(Na" "v"
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are \*(Na for all
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.Em finite
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.Ar v ;
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with "reserved operand" in place of "\*(Na", the
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same is true on a
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.Tn VAX .
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But programmers on machines other than a
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.Tn VAX
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(if has no \*(If)
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might be surprised at first to discover that
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.Fn hypot "\(+-\*(If" "\*(Na"
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= +\*(If.
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This is intentional; it happens because
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.Fn hypot "\*(If" "v"
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= +\*(If
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for
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.Em all
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.Ar v ,
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finite or infinite.
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Hence
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.Fn hypot "\*(If" "v"
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is independent of
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.Ar v .
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Unlike the reserved operand fault on a
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.Tn VAX ,
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the
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.Tn IEEE
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\*(Na is designed to
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disappear when it turns out to be irrelevant, as it does in
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.Fn hypot "\*(If" "\*(Na" .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr math 3 ,
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.Xr sqrt 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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Both a
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.Fn hypot
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function and a
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.Fn cabs
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function
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appeared in
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.At v7 .
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