catan, catanf, catanl — complex arc tangents
#include <complex.h>
| double complex
            catan( | double complex z ); | 
| float complex
            catanf( | float complex z ); | 
| long double complex
            catanl( | long double complex z ); | 
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The catan() function
      calculates the complex arc tangent of z. If y = catan(z), then z = ctan(y). The real part of y is
      chosen in the interval [−pi/2,pi/2].
One has:
    catan(z) = (clog(1 + i * z) − clog(1 − i * z)) / (2 * i)
      
/* 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 = catan(z);
    printf("catan() = %6.3f %6.3f*i\n", creal(c), cimag(c));
    f = (clog(1 + i * z) − clog(1 − i * z)) / (2 * i);
    printf("formula = %6.3f %6.3f*i\n", creal(f2), cimag(f2));
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
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