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.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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.\" and Copyright 2008, Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk
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.\" Modified 2002-07-25 by Walter Harms
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.\" Modified 2002-07-25 by Walter Harms
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.\" (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
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.\" (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
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.TH ASIN 3 2002-07-25 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.TH ASIN 3 2008-07-29 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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.SH NAME
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asin, asinf, asinl \- arc sine function
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asin, asinf, asinl \- arc sine function
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.fi
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.sp
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Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
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Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
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.in -4n
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
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.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
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.in
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.sp
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.ad l
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.BR asinf (),
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.BR asinl ():
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_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
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.ad b
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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The
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.BR asin ()
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.BR asin ()
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function calculates the arc sine of \fIx\fP; that is
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function calculates the principal value of the arc sine of \fIx\fP;
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the value whose sine is \fIx\fP.
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that is the value whose sine is \fIx\fP.
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If \fIx\fP falls outside the range
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\-1 to 1,
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.BR asin ()
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fails and \fIerrno\fP is set.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The
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On success, these functions return the principal value of the arc sine of
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.BR asin ()
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.IR x
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function returns the arc sine in radians and the
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in radians; the return value is in the range [\-pi/2,\ pi/2].
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value is mathematically defined to be between \-PI/2 and PI/2
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(inclusive).
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If
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is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
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If
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+0 (\-0) is returned.
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If
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.I x
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outside the range [\-1,\ 1],
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a "domain error" occurs,
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and a NaN is returned.
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.SH ERRORS
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.SH ERRORS
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See
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for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
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when calling these functions.
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The following errors can occur:
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.TP
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.B EDOM
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Domain error: \fIx\fP is outside the range [\-1,\ 1]
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\fIx\fP is out of range.
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.I errno
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.BR EDOM .
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
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C99, POSIX.1-2001.
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The
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The variant returning
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.I float
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.I double
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and
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.I "long double"
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SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
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variants are C99 requirements.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR acos (3),
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.BR acos (3),
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.BR atan (3),
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.BR atan (3),
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