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c73595c2 35.TH ASIN 3 2015-04-19 "" "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>
41.sp
42.BI "double asin(double " x );
43.br
44.BI "float asinf(float " x );
45.br
c13182ef 46.BI "long double asinl(long double " x );
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47.fi
48.sp
20c58d70 49Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
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50.sp
51.in -4n
52Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
53.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
54.in
55.sp
56.ad l
57.BR asinf (),
58.BR asinl ():
36e93b81 59.RS 4
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60_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
61_POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L;
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62.br
63or
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fea681da 67.SH DESCRIPTION
5600f73a 68These functions calculate the principal value of the arc sine of
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69.IR x ;
70that is the value whose sine is
71.IR x .
47297adb 72.SH RETURN VALUE
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73On success, these functions return the principal value of the arc sine of
74.IR x
75in radians; the return value is in the range [\-pi/2,\ pi/2].
76
77If
78.I x
79is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
80
81If
82.I x
83is +0 (\-0),
84+0 (\-0) is returned.
85
86If
87.I x