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

NAME
       asin, asinf, asinl - arc sine function
SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>
       double asin(double x);
       float asinf(float x);
       long double asinl(long double x);
       Link with -lm.
   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
       asinf(), asinl():
           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 ||
           _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
           or cc -std=c99
DESCRIPTION
       The asin() function calculates the principal value of the arc  sine  of
       x; that is the value whose sine is x.
RETURN VALUE
       On  success, these functions return the principal value of the arc sine
       of x in radians; the return value is in the range [-pi/2, pi/2].
       If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
       If x is +0 (-0), +0 (-0) is returned.
       If x is outside the range [-1, 1], a domain error occurs, and a NaN  is
       returned.
ERRORS
       See  math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error
       has occurred when calling these functions.
       The following errors can occur:
       Domain error: x is outside the range [-1, 1]
              errno is set  to  EDOM.   An  invalid  floating-point  exception
              (FE_INVALID) is raised.
CONFORMING TO
       C99, POSIX.1-2001.  The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4,
       4.3BSD, C89.
SEE ALSO
       acos(3), atan(3), atan2(3), casin(3), cos(3), sin(3), tan(3)
COLOPHON
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                                  2010-09-20                           ASIN(3)