xref: /freebsd/lib/msun/man/asinh.3 (revision 4f8f43b06ed07e96a250855488cc531799d5b78f)
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. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
13.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
14.\"    without specific prior written permission.
15.\"
16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
17.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
19.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
26.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
27.\"
28.\"     from: @(#)asinh.3	6.4 (Berkeley) 5/6/91
29.\"
30.Dd June 9, 2013
31.Dt ASINH 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm asinh ,
35.Nm asinhf ,
36.Nm asinhl
37.Nd inverse hyperbolic sine functions
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libm
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In math.h
42.Ft double
43.Fn asinh "double x"
44.Ft float
45.Fn asinhf "float x"
46.Ft long double
47.Fn asinhl "long double x"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn asinh ,
51.Fn asinhf ,
52and
53.Fn asinhl
54functions compute the inverse hyperbolic sine
55of the real
56argument
57.Fa x .
58For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
59.Xr math 3 .
60.Sh RETURN VALUES
61These functions
62return the inverse hyperbolic sine of
63.Fa x .
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr acosh 3 ,
66.Xr atanh 3 ,
67.Xr exp 3 ,
68.Xr math 3
69.Sh HISTORY
70The
71.Fn asinh ,
72.Fn asinhf ,
73and
74.Fn asinhl
75functions appeared in
76.Bx 4.3 ,
77.Fx 2.0 ,
78and
79.Fx 10.0 ,
80respectively.
81