88 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
88 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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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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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)acos.3 5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 31, 2008
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.Dt ACOS 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm acos ,
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.Nm acosf ,
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.Nm acosl
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.Nd arc cosine functions
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libm
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In math.h
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.Ft double
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.Fn acos "double x"
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.Ft float
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.Fn acosf "float x"
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.Ft long double
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.Fn acosl "long double x"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn acos ,
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.Fn acosf ,
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and
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.Fn acosl
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functions compute the principal value of the arc cosine of
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.Fa x .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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These functions return the arc cosine in the range
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.Bq 0 , \*(Pi
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radians.
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If:
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.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
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.Pf \&| Ns Ar x Ns \&| > 1 ,
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.Fn acos x
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raises an invalid exception and returns an \*(Na.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr asin 3 ,
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.Xr atan 3 ,
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.Xr atan2 3 ,
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.Xr cos 3 ,
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.Xr cosh 3 ,
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.Xr fenv 3 ,
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.Xr math 3 ,
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.Xr sin 3 ,
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.Xr sinh 3 ,
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.Xr tan 3 ,
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.Xr tanh 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn acos ,
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.Fn acosf ,
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and
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.Fn acosl
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functions conform to
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.St -isoC-99 .
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