1.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991 Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 11.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 12.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 13.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 14.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 15.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 16.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 17.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 18.\" without specific prior written permission. 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 21.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 22.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 23.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" from: @(#)asinh.3 6.4 (Berkeley) 5/6/91 33.\" $Id: asinh.3,v 1.2 1995/03/01 05:05:27 jkh Exp $ 34.\" 35.Dd May 6, 1991 36.Dt ASINH 3 37.Os BSD 4.3 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm asinh , 40.Nm asinhf 41.Nd inverse hyperbolic sine functions 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Fd #include <math.h> 44.Ft double 45.Fn asinh "double x" 46.Ft float 47.Fn asinhf "float x" 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49The 50.Fn asinh 51and the 52.Fn asinhf 53functions compute the inverse hyperbolic sine 54of the real 55argument 56.Ar x . 57For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see 58.Xr math 3 . 59.Sh RETURN VALUES 60The 61.Fn asinh 62and the 63.Fn asinhf 64functions 65return the inverse hyperbolic sine of 66.Ar x . 67.Sh SEE ALSO 68.Xr acosh 3 , 69.Xr atanh 3 , 70.Xr exp 3 , 71.Xr math 3 72.Sh HISTORY 73The 74.Fn asinh 75function appeared in 76.Bx 4.3 . 77