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31.Dd May 6, 1991
32.Dt ASINH 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm asinh ,
36.Nm asinhf
37.Nd inverse hyperbolic sine functions
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Fd #include <math.h>
40.Ft double
41.Fn asinh "double x"
42.Ft float
43.Fn asinhf "float x"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn asinh
47function computes the inverse hyperbolic sine
48of the real argument.
49The
50.Fn asinhf
51function is a single precision version of
52.Fn asinh .
53.Sh RETURN VALUES
54The
55.Fn asinh
56and
57.Fn asinhf
58functions return the inverse hyperbolic sine of
59.Ar x .
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr acosh 3 ,
62.Xr atanh 3 ,
63.Xr exp 3 ,
64.Xr infnan 3 ,
65.Xr math 3
66.Sh HISTORY
67The
68.Fn asinh
69function appeared in
70.Bx 4.3 .
71