Re: Issue in man page clog.3

Helge Kreutzmann
2023-11-01T15:25:55Z

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Hello Alejandro,
Am Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 04:00:16PM +0100 schrieb Alejandro Colomar:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 02:02:10PM +0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Without further ado, the following was found:
> >
> > Issue: [-pi,pi] means both -pi and pi are included, this does not make sense, either one must be out of the interval?
> >
> > "The logarithm B<clog>() is the inverse function of the exponential "
> > "B<cexp>(3). Thus, if I<y\\ =\\ clog(z)>, then I<z\\ =\\ cexp(y)>. The "
> > "imaginary part of I<y> is chosen in the interval [-pi,pi]."
>
> I don't know this function. Please suggest a fix, and CC glibc so that
> they can review the change.

From a mathematical point of view either -pi or pi needs to be
excluded. I'm not a programmer, so the I cannot tell which is the case
here.

So you need to contact the person who wrote or who maintains this
function / man page.

Greetings

Helge

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