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4b8c67d9 35.TH ASIN 3 2017-09-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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36.SH NAME
37asin, asinf, asinl \- arc sine function
38.SH SYNOPSIS
39.nf
40.B #include <math.h>
68e4db0a 41.PP
fea681da 42.BI "double asin(double " x );
fea681da 43.BI "float asinf(float " x );
c13182ef 44.BI "long double asinl(long double " x );
fea681da 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
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54.ad l
55.BR asinf (),
56.BR asinl ():
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 principal value of the arc sine of
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65.IR x ;
66that is the value whose sine is
67.IR x .
47297adb 68.SH RETURN VALUE
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69On success, these functions return the principal value of the arc sine of
70.IR x
71in radians; the return value is in the range [\-pi/2,\ pi/2].
847e0d88 72.PP
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73If
74.I x
75is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
847e0d88 76.PP
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77If
78.I x
79is +0 (\-0),
80+0 (\-0) is returned.
847e0d88 81.PP
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82If
83.I x