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8.Dd
9.Dt ASINH 3
10.Os BSD 4.3
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm asinh
13.Nd inverse hyperbolic sine function
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Fd #include <math.h>
16.Ft double
17.Fn asinh "double x"
18.Sh DESCRIPTION
19The
20.Fn asinh
21function computes the inverse hyperbolic sine
22of the real
23argument
24.Ar x .
25For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
26.Xr math 3 .
27.Sh RETURN VALUES
28The
29.Fn asinh
30function
31returns the inverse hyperbolic sine of
32.Ar x .
33.Sh SEE ALSO
34.Xr acosh 3 ,
35.Xr atanh 3 ,
36.Xr exp 3 ,
37.Xr infnan 3
38.Xr math 3 ,
39.Sh HISTORY
40The
41.Fn asinh
42function appeared in
43.Bx 4.3 .
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