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8.Dd
9.Dt TANH 3
10.Os
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm tanh
13.Nd hyperbolic tangent function
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Fd #include <math.h>
16.Ft double
17.Fn tanh "double x"
18.Sh DESCRIPTION
19The
20.Fn tanh
21function computes the hyperbolic tangent of
22.Fa x .
23For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
24.Xr math 3 .
25.Sh RETURN VALUES
26The
27.Fn tanh
28function returns the hyperbolic tangent value.
29.Sh SEE ALSO
30.Xr acos 3 ,
31.Xr asin 3 ,
32.Xr atan 3 ,
33.Xr atan2 3 ,
34.Xr cos 3 ,
35.Xr cosh 3 ,
36.Xr sin 3 ,
37.Xr sinh 3 ,
38.Xr tan 3 ,
39.Xr math 3 ,
40.Sh STANDARDS
41The
42.Fn tanh
43function conforms to
44.St -ansiC .
45