NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     asin, asinf -- arc sine functions

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Math Library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <math.h>

     double
     asin(double x);

     float
     asinf(float x);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The asin() and the asinf() functions compute the principal value of the
     arc sine of x.  A domain error occurs for arguments not in the range [-1,
     +1].  For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see math(3).

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The asin() and the asinf() functions return the arc sine in the range
     [-pi/2, +pi/2] radians.  On the VAX, and Tahoe, if:

	   |x| > 1

     the global variable errno is set to EDOM and a reserved operand fault
     generated.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The asin() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89'').


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