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asin(3)

arc sine functions

NAME

asin, asinf, asinl – arc sine functions

LIBRARY

Math Library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

double

asin(double x);

float

asinf(float x);

long double

asinl(long double x);

DESCRIPTION

The asin(), asinf(), and asinl() functions compute the principal value of the arc sine of x.

RETURN VALUES

These functions return the arc sine in the range [-/2, +/2] radians. If:

|x| > 1

asin(x) raises an invalid exception and returns an .

SEE ALSO

acos(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), fenv(3), math(3), sin(3), sinh(3), tan(3), tanh(3)

STANDARDS

The asin(), asinf(), and asinl() functions conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (“ISO C99”).

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