cacos, cacosf, cacosl — complex arc cosine
#include <complex.h>
| double complex
            cacos( | double complex z ); | 
| float complex
            cacosf( | float complex z ); | 
| long double complex
            cacosl( | long double complex z ); | 
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The cacos() function
      calculates the complex arc cosine of z. If y = cacos(z), then z = ccos(y). The real part of
      y is chosen in the interval
      [0,pi].
One has:
    cacos(z) = −i * clog(z + i * csqrt(1 − z * z))
      
/* Link with "−lm" */
#include <complex.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    double complex z, c, f;
    double complex i = I;
    if (argc != 3) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <real> <imag>\n", argv[0]);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    z = atof(argv[1]) + atof(argv[2]) * I;
    c = cacos(z);
    printf("cacos() = %6.3f %6.3f*i\n", creal(c), cimag(c));
    f = −i * clog(z + i * csqrt(1 − z * z));
    printf("formula = %6.3f %6.3f*i\n", creal(f), cimag(f));
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
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