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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 function
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libm
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In math.h
42.Ft double
43.Fn asinh "double x"
44.Ft float
45.Fn asinhf "float x"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn asinh
49and
50.Fn asinhf
51functions compute the inverse hyperbolic sine
52of the real
53argument
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55The
56.Fn asinh
57and
58.Fn asinhf
59functions return the inverse hyperbolic sine of
60.Ar x .
61.\" SYSV_MODE
62.\" .Sh RETURN VALUES
63.\" Exceptional cases are handled by
64.\" .Xr matherr 3 .
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr acosh 3 ,
67.Xr atanh 3 ,
68.Xr exp 3 ,
69.Xr math 3
70.\" .Xr matherr 3
71.Sh HISTORY
72The
73.Fn asinh
74function appeared in
75.Bx 4.3 .
76