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31*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Dd $Mdocdate: November 3 2013 $
32*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Dt ACOSH 3
33*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Os
34*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh NAME
35*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Nm acosh ,
36*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Nm acoshf ,
37*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Nm acoshl
38*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Nd inverse hyperbolic cosine functions
39*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh SYNOPSIS
40*05a0b428SJohn Marino.In math.h
41*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Ft double
42*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acosh "double x"
43*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Ft float
44*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acoshf "float x"
45*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Ft long double
46*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acoshl "long double x"
47*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION
48*05a0b428SJohn MarinoThe
49*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acosh
50*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunction computes the inverse hyperbolic cosine
51*05a0b428SJohn Marinoof the real
52*05a0b428SJohn Marinoargument
53*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Ar x .
54*05a0b428SJohn MarinoThe
55*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acoshf
56*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunction is a single precision version of
57*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acosh .
58*05a0b428SJohn MarinoThe
59*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acoshl
60*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunction is an extended precision version of
61*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acosh .
62*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh RETURN VALUES
63*05a0b428SJohn MarinoIf x is less than one,
64*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acosh "x" ,
65*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acoshf "x"
66*05a0b428SJohn Marinoand
67*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acoshl "x"
68*05a0b428SJohn Marinoreturn \*(Na and set the global variable
69*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Va errno
70*05a0b428SJohn Marinoto EDOM.
71*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh SEE ALSO
72*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr asinh 3 ,
73*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr atanh 3 ,
74*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr exp 3 ,
75*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Xr infnan 3
76*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Sh HISTORY
77*05a0b428SJohn MarinoThe
78*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Fn acosh
79*05a0b428SJohn Marinofunction appeared in
80*05a0b428SJohn Marino.Bx 4.3 .
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