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2.6 KiB
Groff
82 lines
2.6 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)acosh.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt ACOSH 3
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.Os BSD 4.3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm acosh
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.Nd inverse hyperbolic cosine function
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <math.h>
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.Ft double
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.Fn acosh "double x"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn acosh
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function computes the inverse hyperbolic cosine
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of the real
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argument
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.Ar x .
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For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
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.Xr math 3 .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn acosh
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function
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returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of
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.Ar x .
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On the
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.Tn VAX
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and
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.Tn Tahoe ,
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if the argument is less than one
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.Fn acosh
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sets the global variable
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.Va errno
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to
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.Er EDOM
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and
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causes a reserved operand fault.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr asinh 3 ,
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.Xr atanh 3 ,
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.Xr exp 3 ,
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.Xr infnan 3
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.Xr math 3 ,
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn acosh
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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