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31.Dd May 6, 1991
32.Dt SQRT 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm cbrt ,
36.Nm cbrtf ,
37.Nm sqrt ,
38.Nm sqrtf
39.Nd cube root and square root functions
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libm
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In math.h
44.Ft double
45.Fn cbrt "double x"
46.Ft float
47.Fn cbrtf "float x"
48.Ft double
49.Fn sqrt "double x"
50.Ft float
51.Fn sqrtf "float x"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Fn cbrt
55and
56.Fn cbrtf
57functions compute
58the cube root of
59.Ar x .
60.Pp
61The
62.Fn sqrt
63and
64.Fn sqrtf
65functions compute
66the non-negative square root of x.
67.Sh RETURN VALUES
68If x is negative,
69.Fn sqrt "x"
70and
71.Fn sqrtf "x"
72.\" POSIX_MODE
73set the global variable
74.Va errno
75to EDOM.
76.\" SYSV_MODE
77.\" call
78.\" .Xr matherr 3 .
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr math 3
81.\" .Xr matherr 3
82.Sh STANDARDS
83The
84.Fn sqrt
85function conforms to
86.St -ansiC .
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Fn cbrt
90function appeared in
91.Bx 4.3 .
92