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33.\" $Id: acos.3,v 1.4 1993/10/29 22:57:17 jtc Exp $
33.\" $Id: acos.3,v 1.1.1.1 1994/08/19 09:39:41 jkh Exp $
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35.Dd May 2, 1991
36.Dt ACOS 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
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35.Dd May 2, 1991
36.Dt ACOS 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm acos
40.Nd arc cosine function
39.Nm acos ,
40.Nm acosf
41.Nd arc cosine functions
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Fd #include <math.h>
43.Ft double
44.Fn acos "double x"
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <math.h>
44.Ft double
45.Fn acos "double x"
46.Ft float
47.Fn acosf "float x"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn acos
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn acos
48function computes the principal value of the arc cosine of
51and the
52.Fn acosf
53functions compute the principal value of the arc cosine of
49.Fa x .
50A domain error occurs for arguments not in the range [-1, +1].
51For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
52.Xr math 3 .
53.Sh RETURN VALUES
54The
55.Fn acos
54.Fa x .
55A domain error occurs for arguments not in the range [-1, +1].
56For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
57.Xr math 3 .
58.Sh RETURN VALUES
59The
60.Fn acos
56function returns the arc cosine in the range
61and the
62.Fn acosf
63functions return the arc cosine in the range
57.Bq 0 , \*(Pi
58radians.
59On the
60.Tn VAX
61and
62.Tn Tahoe ,
63if:
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64.Bq 0 , \*(Pi
65radians.
66On the
67.Tn VAX
68and
69.Tn Tahoe ,
70if:
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