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31*1c7c1e02Sschwarze.Dd $Mdocdate: June 29 2021 $
32df930be7Sderaadt.Dt ACOSH 3
33f0525d41Stholo.Os
34df930be7Sderaadt.Sh NAME
358a2f5500Sderaadt.Nm acosh ,
367ac6a943Smartynas.Nm acoshf ,
377ac6a943Smartynas.Nm acoshl
388a2f5500Sderaadt.Nd inverse hyperbolic cosine functions
39df930be7Sderaadt.Sh SYNOPSIS
4086f9d4cdStedu.In math.h
41df930be7Sderaadt.Ft double
42df930be7Sderaadt.Fn acosh "double x"
43df930be7Sderaadt.Ft float
44df930be7Sderaadt.Fn acoshf "float x"
457ac6a943Smartynas.Ft long double
467ac6a943Smartynas.Fn acoshl "long double x"
47df930be7Sderaadt.Sh DESCRIPTION
48df930be7SderaadtThe
49df930be7Sderaadt.Fn acosh
50dfec5a15Sjasonfunction computes the inverse hyperbolic cosine
51df930be7Sderaadtof the real
52df930be7Sderaadtargument
53*1c7c1e02Sschwarze.Fa x .
54dfec5a15SjasonThe
55dfec5a15Sjason.Fn acoshf
56dfec5a15Sjasonfunction is a single precision version of
57dfec5a15Sjason.Fn acosh .
587ac6a943SmartynasThe
597ac6a943Smartynas.Fn acoshl
607ac6a943Smartynasfunction is an extended precision version of
617ac6a943Smartynas.Fn acosh .
62df930be7Sderaadt.Sh RETURN VALUES
63*1c7c1e02SschwarzeIf
64*1c7c1e02Sschwarze.Fa x
65*1c7c1e02Sschwarzeis less than one,
667ac6a943Smartynas.Fn acosh "x" ,
67f0525d41Stholo.Fn acoshf "x"
687ac6a943Smartynasand
697ac6a943Smartynas.Fn acoshl "x"
709f1be2b6Stbreturn NaN and set the global variable
71f0525d41Stholo.Va errno
72*1c7c1e02Sschwarzeto
73*1c7c1e02Sschwarze.Er EDOM .
74df930be7Sderaadt.Sh SEE ALSO
75df930be7Sderaadt.Xr asinh 3 ,
76df930be7Sderaadt.Xr atanh 3 ,
77f1ae3669Sjmc.Xr exp 3
78df930be7Sderaadt.Sh HISTORY
79df930be7SderaadtThe
80df930be7Sderaadt.Fn acosh
81df930be7Sderaadtfunction appeared in
82df930be7Sderaadt.Bx 4.3 .
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