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<h4 class="subsection">D.14.6 <code>mpfr</code> constants</h4>

<p>Each of these functions takes a natural number as an argument
specifying a precision, and returns a mathematical constant evaluated
to that precision.

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<li><code>const_log2</code>
<li><code>pi</code>
<li><code>const_catalan</code>
<li><code>inf</code>
<li><code>ninf</code>
<li><code>nan</code>
</ul>

   <p>The name of the constant <code>pi</code> has been shortened from
<code>mpfr_const_pi</code>.  The functions <code>inf</code> and <code>ninf</code> return
infinity and negative infinity, respectively.

   <p>The encoding of <code>nan</code>, used to represent the results of undefined
<a name="index-nan-797"></a>computations such as division by zero, is not unique even for a fixed
precision.  Applications should test for undefined results using
<code>nan_p</code> rather than by comparing a result to a hard coded
<code>nan</code> (<a href="mpfr-unary-predicates.html#mpfr-unary-predicates">mpfr unary predicates</a>).

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