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4b8c67d9 35.TH ACOS 3 2017-09-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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36.SH NAME
37acos, acosf, acosl \- arc cosine function
38.SH SYNOPSIS
39.nf
40.B #include <math.h>
68e4db0a 41.PP
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42.BI "double acos(double " x );
43.BI "float acosf(float " x );
44.BI "long double acosl(long double " x );
45.fi
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20c58d70 47Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
68e4db0a 48.PP
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49.in -4n
50Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
51.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
52.in
68e4db0a 53.PP
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54.ad l
55.BR acosf (),
56.BR acosl ():
36e93b81 57.RS 4
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58_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L
59 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
60 || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
36e93b81 61.RE
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fea681da 63.SH DESCRIPTION
5600f73a 64These functions calculate the arc cosine of
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65.IR x ;
66that is
67the value whose cosine is
68.IR x .
47297adb 69.SH RETURN VALUE
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70On success, these functions return the arc cosine of
71.IR x
72in radians; the return value is in the range [0,\ pi].
847e0d88 73.PP
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74If
75.I x
76is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
847e0d88 77.PP
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78If
79.I x
80is +1,
81+0 is returned.
847e0d88 82.PP
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83If
84.I x
85is positive infinity or negative infinity,
efe294cb 86a domain error occurs,
e279ffc3 87and a NaN is returned.
847e0d88 88.PP
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89If
90.I x
91is outside the range [\-1,\ 1],
efe294cb 92a domain error occurs,
e279ffc3 93and a NaN is returned.
fea681da 94.SH ERRORS
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95See
96.BR math_error (7)
97for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
98when calling these functions.
99.PP
100The following errors can occur:
fea681da 101.TP
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102Domain error: \fIx\fP is outside the range [\-1,\ 1]
103.I errno
104is set to
105.BR EDOM .
106An invalid floating-point exception
107.RB ( FE_INVALID )
108is raised.
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109.SH ATTRIBUTES
110For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
111.BR attributes (7).
112.TS
113allbox;
114lbw24 lb lb
115l l l.
116Interface Attribute Value
117T{
118.BR acos (),
119.BR acosf (),
120.BR acosl ()
121T} Thread safety MT-Safe
122.TE
47297adb 123.SH CONFORMING TO
9a74e018 124C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
847e0d88 125.PP
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126The variant returning
127.I double
128also conforms to
129SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
47297adb 130.SH SEE ALSO
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131.BR asin (3),
132.BR atan (3),
133.BR atan2 (3),
36268806 134.BR cacos (3),
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135.BR cos (3),
136.BR sin (3),
137.BR tan (3)