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31.Dd May 2, 1991
32.Dt TANH 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm tanh ,
36.Nm tanhf
37.Nd hyperbolic tangent functions
38.Sh LIBRARY
39.Lb libm
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In math.h
42.Ft double
43.Fn tanh "double x"
44.Ft float
45.Fn tanhf "float x"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn tanh
49and the
50.Fn tanhf
51functions compute the hyperbolic tangent of
52.Fa x .
53For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see
54.Xr math 3 .
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56The
57.Fn tanh
58and the
59.Fn tanhf
60functions return the hyperbolic tangent value.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr acos 3 ,
63.Xr asin 3 ,
64.Xr atan 3 ,
65.Xr atan2 3 ,
66.Xr cos 3 ,
67.Xr cosh 3 ,
68.Xr math 3 ,
69.Xr sin 3 ,
70.Xr sinh 3 ,
71.Xr tan 3
72.Sh STANDARDS
73The
74.Fn tanh
75function conforms to
76.St -isoC .
77