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ASIN

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

NAME

asin ? arc sine function

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

double asin(double x);

DESCRIPTION

The asin() function calculates the arc sine of x; that is the value whose sine is x. If x falls outside the range ?1 to 1, asin() fails and errno is set.

RETURN VALUE

The asin() function returns the arc sine in radians and the value is mathematically defined to be between -PI/2 and PI/2 (inclusive).

ERRORS

EDOM

x is out of range.

CONFORMING TO

SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO

acos(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), sin(3), tan(3)


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