complex math functions

[Oliver Fromme]

ff b <fred1z at hotmail.com> wrote:
 > I'm facing a problem while compiling math libraries because math functions 
 > on
 > complex numbers seems not to be present on freebsd :
 > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2007-March/143759.html
 > 
 > Greping the headers, I didn't find more than basic complex numbers 
 > manipulation.
 > No trigonometric/exponential functions.
 > This subject has been discussed in technical terms a long time ago, but I 
 > couldn't find
 > any files, modifications related to this in libm :
 > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-standards/2005-September/001043.html
 > 
 > What is currently the status of complex math functions in freebsd ?

Near to non-existent, I'm afraid.

However, you might want to have a look at ports/math/ccmath.
It contains implementations of all the usual complex
functions.  It's under LGPL which isn't perfect, but at
least you can link it to BSD-licensed programs.

I think the algorithmic quality of the implementation isn't
very good either, but it "worked for me" when I needed the
complex functions in order to compile another third-party
program.

Best regards
   Oliver

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