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diff --git a/man3/asin.3 b/man3/asin.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..76c7133c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/asin.3 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk) +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.\" +.\" References consulted: +.\" Linux libc source code +.\" Lewine's _POSIX Programmer's Guide_ (O'Reilly & Associates, 1991) +.\" 386BSD man pages +.\" Modified 1993-07-24 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.\" Modified 2002-07-25 by Walter Harms +.\" (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de) +.\" +.TH ASIN 3 2002-07-25 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +asin, asinf, asinl \- arc sine function +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <math.h> +.sp +.BI "double asin(double " x ); +.br +.BI "float asinf(float " x ); +.br +.BI "long double asinl(long double " x ); +.fi +.sp +Link with \-lm. +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fBasin()\fP function calculates the arc sine of \fIx\fP; that is +the value whose sine is \fIx\fP. If \fIx\fP falls outside the range +\-1 to 1, \fBasin()\fP fails and \fIerrno\fP is set. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +The \fBasin()\fP function returns the arc sine in radians and the +value is mathematically defined to be between -PI/2 and PI/2 +(inclusive). +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EDOM +\fIx\fP is out of range. +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899. +The float and long double variants are C99 requirements. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR acos (3), +.BR atan (3), +.BR atan2 (3), +.BR cos (3), +.BR sin (3), +.BR tan (3) |