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.\" Copyright 2002 Walter Harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
.\" Distributed under GPL
.\"
.TH CASIN 3 2008-08-11 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
casin, casinf, casinl \- complex arc sine
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <complex.h>
.sp
.BI "double complex casin(double complex " z );
.br
.BI "float complex casinf(float complex " z );
.br
.BI "long double complex casinl(long double complex " z );
.sp
Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR casin ()
function calculates the complex arc sine of
.IR z .
If \fIy\ =\ casin(z)\fP, then \fIz\ =\ csin(y)\fP.
The real part of
.I y
is chosen in the interval [\-pi/2,pi/2].
.LP
One has:
.nf
casin(z) = \-i clog(iz + csqrt(1 \- z * z))
.fi
.SH VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ccos (3),
.BR clog (3),
.BR complex (7)