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[Bug manual/1424] New: ctan.3 and ctanh.3 man pages are wrong.


I think I am being a good citizen here:

The docs say:

The   complex   hyperbolic  tangent  function  tanh(z)  is  defined  as
       cosh(z)/sinh(z).

The complex tangent function ctan(z) is defined as ccos(z)/csin(z).

In High School over 50 years ago we learnt the mnemonic:
     sohcahtoa

which means sin = opposite / hypotenuse
            cos = adjacent / hypotenuse
            tan = opposite / adjacent

This means that tan = sin / cos

Unless the rules have changed, lately?

Seems to be a problem in all the docs that I tried.

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           Summary: ctan.3 and ctanh.3 man pages are wrong.
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: manual
        AssignedTo: roland at gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: bugsy at ccur dot com
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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