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        The following backends provide complex number arithmetic:
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                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">cpp_complex</span></code>
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                  boost/multiprecision/cpp_complex.hpp
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                  None
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                  An all C++ Boost-licensed implementation.
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                  Slower than <a href="http://www.multiprecision.org" target="_top">MPC</a>.
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                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">mpc</span></code>
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                  boost/multiprecision/mpc.hpp
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                  2
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                  <a href="http://www.multiprecision.org" target="_top">MPC</a>
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                  Very fast and efficient back-end.
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                  Dependency on LGLP-licensed [MPC] library.
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                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">compplex128</span></code>
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                  boost/multiprecision/complex128.hpp
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                  2
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                  <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="floats/float128.html" title="float128">float128</a></code>
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                  Very fast and efficient number type.
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                  128-bit precision only, and resticted to GCC.
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                  <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">complex_adaptor</span></code>
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                  boost/multiprecision/complex_adaptor.hpp
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                  none
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                  Can convert any backend type into a complex number backend.
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                  Not a numbe rin it's own right, and hard to use as a result.
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