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35.Dd May 6, 1991
36.Dt ASINH 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm asinh ,
40.Nm asinhf
41.Nd inverse hyperbolic sine function
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libm
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Fd #include \*[Lt]math.h\*[Gt]
46.Ft double
47.Fn asinh "double x"
48.Ft float
49.Fn asinhf "float x"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn asinh
53and
54.Fn asinhf
55functions compute the inverse hyperbolic sine
56of the real
57argument
58.Sh RETURN VALUES
59The
60.Fn asinh
61and
62.Fn asinhf
63functions return the inverse hyperbolic sine of
64.Ar x .
65.\" SYSV_MODE
66.\" .Sh RETURN VALUES
67.\" Exceptional cases are handled by
68.\" .Xr matherr 3 .
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr acosh 3 ,
71.Xr atanh 3 ,
72.Xr exp 3 ,
73.Xr math 3
74.\" .Xr matherr 3
75.Sh HISTORY
76The
77.Fn asinh
78function appeared in
79.Bx 4.3 .
80