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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2013/man3p/cbrt.3p b/man-pages-posix-2013/man3p/cbrt.3p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..813f263 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2013/man3p/cbrt.3p @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +'\" et +.TH CBRT "3P" 2013 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. + +.SH NAME +cbrt, +cbrtf, +cbrtl +\(em cube root functions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <math.h> +.P +double cbrt(double \fIx\fP); +float cbrtf(float \fIx\fP); +long double cbrtl(long double \fIx\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the +ISO\ C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the +ISO\ C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008 defers to the ISO\ C standard. +.P +These functions shall compute the real cube root of their argument +.IR x . +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the cube root +of +.IR x . +.P +If +.IR x +is NaN, a NaN shall be returned. +.P +If +.IR x +is \(+-0 or \(+-Inf, +.IR x +shall be returned. +.SH ERRORS +No errors are defined. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +None. +.SH RATIONALE +For some applications, a true cube root function, which returns +negative results for negative arguments, is more appropriate than +.IR pow (\c +.IR x , +1.0/3.0), which returns a NaN for +.IR x +less than 0. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "\fB<math.h>\fP" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.unix.org/online.html . + +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |