Document hypotl().
Submitted by: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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.\" from: @(#)hypot.3 6.7 (Berkeley) 5/6/91
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd December 12, 2007
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.Dd March 30, 2008
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.Dt HYPOT 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm hypot ,
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.Nm hypotf ,
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.Nm hypotl ,
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.Nm cabs ,
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.Nm cabsf
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.Nm cabsf ,
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.Nm cabsl
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.Nd Euclidean distance and complex absolute value functions
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libm
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.Fn hypot "double x" "double y"
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.Ft float
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.Fn hypotf "float x" "float y"
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.Ft "long double"
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.Fn hypotl "long double x" "long double y"
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.In complex.h
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.Ft double
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.Fn cabs "double complex z"
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.Ft float
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.Fn cabsf "float complex z"
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.Ft "long double"
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.Fn cabsl "long double complex 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 hypot ,
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.Fn hypotf
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and
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.Fn hypotl
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functions
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compute 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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The
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.Fn cabs
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and
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.Fn cabs ,
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.Fn cabsf
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and
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.Fn cabsl
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functions compute the complex absolute value of
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.Fa z .
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.Pp
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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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The
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.Fn hypot ,
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.Fn hypotf ,
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.Fn hypotl ,
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.Fn cabs ,
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.Fn cabsf ,
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and
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.Fn cabsf
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.Fn cabsl
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functions conform to
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.St -isoC-99 .
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