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31.Dd November 19, 2013
32.Dt SQRT 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm cbrt ,
36.Nm cbrtf ,
37.Nm cbrtl ,
38.Nm sqrt ,
39.Nm sqrtf ,
40.Nm sqrtl
41.Nd cube root and square root functions
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libm
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In math.h
46.Ft double
47.Fn cbrt "double x"
48.Ft float
49.Fn cbrtf "float x"
50.Ft long double
51.Fn cbrtl "long double x"
52.Ft double
53.Fn sqrt "double x"
54.Ft float
55.Fn sqrtf "float x"
56.Ft long double
57.Fn sqrtl "long double x"
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Fn cbrt ,
61.Fn cbrtf
62and
63.Fn cbrtl
64functions compute
65the cube root of
66.Ar x .
67.Pp
68The
69.Fn sqrt ,
70.Fn sqrtf
71and
72.Fn sqrtl
73functions compute
74the non-negative square root of x.
75.Sh RETURN VALUES
76If x is negative,
77.Fn sqrt "x" ,
78.Fn sqrtf "x"
79and
80.Fn sqrtl "x"
81.\" POSIX_MODE
82set the global variable
83.Va errno
84to EDOM.
85.\" SYSV_MODE
86.\" call
87.\" .Xr matherr 3 .
88.Sh SEE ALSO
89.Xr math 3
90.\" .Xr matherr 3
91.Sh STANDARDS
92The
93.Fn sqrt
94function conforms to
95.St -ansiC .
96.Sh HISTORY
97The
98.Fn cbrt
99function appeared in
100.Bx 4.3 .
101