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ASIN(3)                     BSD Programmer's Manual                    ASIN(3)

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    a\bas\bsi\bin\bn - arc sine function

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
    #\b#i\bin\bnc\bcl\blu\bud\bde\be <\b<m\bma\bat\bth\bh.\b.h\bh>\b>

    _\bd_\bo_\bu_\bb_\bl_\be
    a\bas\bsi\bin\bn(_\bd_\bo_\bu_\bb_\bl_\be _\bx);

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
    The a\bas\bsi\bin\bn() function computes the principal value of the arc sine of _\bx. A
    domain error occurs for arguments not in the range [-1, +1].  For a dis-
    cussion of error due to roundoff, see math(3).

R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN V\bVA\bAL\bLU\bUE\bES\bS
    The a\bas\bsi\bin\bn() function returns the arc sine in the range [-pi/2, +pi/2] ra-
    dians.  On the VAX, and Tahoe , if:

          |_\bx| > 1

    the global variable _\be_\br_\br_\bn_\bo is set to EDOM and a reserved operand fault
    generated.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
    acos(3),  atan(3),  atan2(3),  cos(3),  cosh(3),  sin(3),  sinh(3),
    tan(3),  tanh(3),  math(3),

S\bST\bTA\bAN\bND\bDA\bAR\bRD\bDS\bS
    The a\bas\bsi\bin\bn() function conforms to ANSI C X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C '').

4.4BSD                           June 4, 1993                                1