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.\" @(#)atanh.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd June 4, 1993
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.Dt ATANH 3
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.Os BSD 4.3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm atanh
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.Nd inverse hyperbolic tangent 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 atanh "double x"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn atanh
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function computes the inverse hyperbolic tangent
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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 atanh
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function
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returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of
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.Ar x
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if successful.
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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 has absolute value
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bigger than or equal to 1,
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.Fn atanh
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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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a reserved operand fault is generated.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr acosh 3 ,
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.Xr asinh 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 atanh
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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