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28dfb9caabSmycroft.\"     from: @(#)asin.3	5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91
29*56b14ee0Swiz.\"	$NetBSD: asin.3,v 1.18 2017/07/03 21:32:50 wiz Exp $
3061f28255Scgd.\"
317550e81bSmatt.Dd January 29, 2013
3261f28255Scgd.Dt ASIN 3
3361f28255Scgd.Os
3461f28255Scgd.Sh NAME
35f8173630Skleink.Nm asin ,
367550e81bSmatt.Nm asinf ,
377550e81bSmatt.Nm asinl
38df8b005fSjtc.Nd arc sine function
39312aca53Sperry.Sh LIBRARY
40312aca53Sperry.Lb libm
4161f28255Scgd.Sh SYNOPSIS
42472351e1Swiz.In math.h
4361f28255Scgd.Ft double
4461f28255Scgd.Fn asin "double x"
45fd8d17a5Sjtc.Ft float
46fd8d17a5Sjtc.Fn asinf "float x"
477550e81bSmatt.Ft long double
487550e81bSmatt.Fn asinl "long double x"
4961f28255Scgd.Sh DESCRIPTION
5061f28255ScgdThe
517550e81bSmatt.Fn asin ,
527550e81bSmatt.Fn asinf ,
53fd8d17a5Sjtcand
547550e81bSmatt.Fn asinl
55fd8d17a5Sjtcfunctions compute the principal value of the arc sine of
56df8b005fSjtc.Fa x
57df8b005fSjtcin the range
5861f28255Scgd.Bk -words
59df8b005fSjtc.Bq -\*(Pi/2, +\*(Pi/2 .
6061f28255Scgd.Ek
61df8b005fSjtc.Sh RETURN VALUES
62af726e9cSchristos.\" POSIX_MODE
63*56b14ee0SwizIf |x|>1,
647550e81bSmatt.Fn asin "x" ,
657550e81bSmatt.Fn asinf "x" ,
66af726e9cSchristosand
677550e81bSmatt.Fn asinl "x"
68af726e9cSchristosreturn NaN and set the global variable
69af726e9cSchristos.Va errno
70af726e9cSchristosto EDOM.
71af726e9cSchristos.\" SYSV_MODE
72af726e9cSchristos.\" call
73af726e9cSchristos.\" .Xr matherr 3 .
7461f28255Scgd.Sh SEE ALSO
7561f28255Scgd.Xr acos 3 ,
7661f28255Scgd.Xr atan 3 ,
7761f28255Scgd.Xr atan2 3 ,
7861f28255Scgd.Xr cos 3 ,
7961f28255Scgd.Xr cosh 3 ,
80306d24c5Swiz.Xr math 3 ,
8161f28255Scgd.Xr sin 3 ,
8261f28255Scgd.Xr sinh 3 ,
8361f28255Scgd.Xr tan 3 ,
84306d24c5Swiz.Xr tanh 3
85af726e9cSchristos.\" .Xr matherr 3
86899eb5a4Skleink.Sh STANDARDS
87899eb5a4SkleinkThe
88899eb5a4Skleink.Fn asin
89899eb5a4Skleinkfunction conforms to
907550e81bSmatt.St -isoC-99 .
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