.\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de) .\" Distributed under GPL .\" .TH CPOW 3 2002-07-28 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME cpow, cpowf, cpowl \- complex power function .SH SYNOPSIS .B #include .sp .BI "double complex cpow(double complex " x ", complex double " z ");" .br .BI "float complex cpowf(float complex " x ", complex float " z ");" .br .BI "long double complex cpowl(long double complex " x ", complex long double " z ");" .sp Link with \fI\-lm\fP. .SH DESCRIPTION The function calculates .I x raised to the power .IR z . (With a branch cut for .I x along the negative real axis.) .SH "CONFORMING TO" C99 .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR cabs (3), .BR pow (3), .BR complex (7)