CBRT
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2003
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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.
NAME
cbrt, cbrtf, cbrtl - cube root functions
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double cbrt(double x);
float cbrtf(float x);
long double cbrtl(long double x);
DESCRIPTION
These functions shall compute the real cube root of their argument
x.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the cube
root of x.
If
x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.
If x is ±0 or ±Inf, x shall be returned.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
For some applications, a true cube root function, which returns negative
results for negative arguments, is more appropriate
than pow( x, 1.0/3.0), which returns a NaN for x
less than 0.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
The Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <math.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .