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M.Chelm
M.Chelm

Reputation: 61

Program that displays the nth roots of unity (C programming)

I have to write program that displays the nth roots of unity when given a positive integer n. It's a programming project 27.4 from K.N.King book on C programming.

my attempt: 

#include <stdio.h>
#include <complex.h>
#include <math.h>

int main(void)
{
int n, k;
double complex nth;

printf("Enter positive integer: ");
scanf("%d", &n);

for (k = 0; k < n; k++) {
  nth = exp(2 * M_PI * I * k / n);
  printf("k = %d, %g + %g\n", k, creal(nth), cimag(nth));
}

return 0;
}

No matter what value of n I pass results are always the same. Can you give me some tips?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 862

Answers (1)

dbush
dbush

Reputation: 223689

The exp function expects a double, but you pass it a double complex.

Use cexp instead:

nth = cexp(2 * M_PI * I * k / n);

Output:

Enter positive integer: 5
k = 0, 1 + 0
k = 1, 0.309017 + 0.951057
k = 2, -0.809017 + 0.587785
k = 3, -0.809017 + -0.587785
k = 4, 0.309017 + -0.951057

Upvotes: 2

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