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35.Dd May 2, 1991
36.Dt COSH 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm cosh
40.Nd hyperbolic cosine function
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libm
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Fd #include <math.h>
45.Ft double
46.Fn cosh "double x"
47.Ft float
48.Fn coshf "float x"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Fn cosh
52and
53.Fn coshf
54functions compute the hyperbolic cosine of
55.Fa x .
56.Sh RETURN VALUES
57If the magnitude of x is too large,
58.Fn cosh "x"
59and
60.Fn coshf "x"
61.\" POSIX_MODE
62return Inf and sets the global variable
63.Va errno
64to ERANGE.
65.\" SYSV_MODE
66.\" call
67.\" .Xr matherr 3 .
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr acos 3 ,
70.Xr asin 3 ,
71.Xr atan 3 ,
72.Xr atan2 3 ,
73.Xr cos 3 ,
74.Xr sin 3 ,
75.Xr sinh 3 ,
76.Xr tan 3 ,
77.Xr tanh 3 ,
78.Xr math 3
79.\" .Xr matherr 3
80.Sh STANDARDS
81The
82.Fn cosh
83function conforms to
84.St -ansiC .
85