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NAME
       pow, powf, powl - power functions


SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>

       double pow(double x, double y);
       float powf(float x, float y);
       long double powl(long double x, long double y);

       Link with -lm.


DESCRIPTION
       The pow() function  returns the value of x raised to the power of y.


ERRORS
       The pow() function can return the following error:

       EDOM   The argument x is negative and y is not an integral value.  This
              would result in a complex number.


CONFORMING TO
       SVr4, 4.3BSD,  C89.   The  float  and  long  double  variants  are  C99
       requirements.


SEE ALSO
       cbrt(3), cpow(3), sqrt(3)


COLOPHON
       This  page  is  part of release 2.77 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

                                  2002-07-27                            POW(3)